Modern terminal-based text editor

Re:Modern terminal-based text editor by kbenson on Friday September 29, 2017 @11:03AM (#15365904)

If I don't want a separate SSH connection for every tab, then some in-terminal level management is required. Additionally, it's not really that inefficient. It's no different than alt-tab in windows to background and foreground apps. In this case, it's like alt-tab when in a remote desktop connection.

But in the end it's not about whether it's efficient, it's about whether it's rare, and I think it's not from the different vim users I've encountered, which may be an entirely different subset than the ones you have.

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Re:Modern terminal-based text editor by mixmastamyk on Friday September 29, 2017 @11:26AM (#15366101)

It sounds like you’re already happy with vim, so why not keep it? Also the micro keybindings are configurable, so not much to see here.

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Re:Modern terminal-based text editor by kbenson on Friday September 29, 2017 @12:48PM (#15366875)

I wasn't complaining about Micro. I wasn't complaining about vim. I was just noting why terminal applications don't generally use those same key bindings historically, and why it still matters today. The only reason we are off in the weeds like this is because of your assertion that it's rare to need to background a terminal editor, which doesn't match my experience at all.

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