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Re:Slap – A Sublime-like terminal-based text editor by coldtea on Sunday May 28, 2017 @11:59AM (#14434852)
>Find and replace on steroids

For people who don't know regular expressions...

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Re:Slap – A Sublime-like terminal-based text editor by AwesomeBean on Thursday June 01, 2017 @08:34AM (#14459696)
Try doing this with regular expressions.

https://gifs.com/player/G6m3vQ

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Re:Slap – A Sublime-like terminal-based text editor by evan_ on Sunday May 28, 2017 @12:30PM (#14435016)
Yes, for most people.
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Re:Slap – A Sublime-like terminal-based text editor by coldtea on Sunday May 28, 2017 @02:55PM (#14435603)
That shouldn't be coding or should invest some hours for learning regexes...
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Re:Slap – A Sublime-like terminal-based text editor by mixedCase on Sunday May 28, 2017 @12:24PM (#14434984)
Or Vim macros.
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Re:Slap – A Sublime-like terminal-based text editor by flukus on Sunday May 28, 2017 @08:26PM (#14436745)
That's a much better analogy. Multiple cursors have the same use cases as macros, they are just performed live instead of saved and replayed.
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Re:Slap – A Sublime-like terminal-based text editor by gjjrfcbugxbhf on Sunday May 28, 2017 @12:44PM (#14435100)
I find that both have their uses.
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