Why don’t we have good code editors?

Re:Why don’t we have good code editors? by mattlondon on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @11:42AM (#21126640)

Yeah I use it all the time - seeing the "shape" of the code is great for jumping around quickly when you don't know the line numbers and it is quicker to look + click once then to find a string in the file instead.

VSCode is fast - certainly as fast as my brain. Atom was crap IME but MS have done a really good job regarding performance for VSCode. Start-up time is a bit slow, but you only do that once when you reboot every few days/weeks/months

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Re:Why don’t we have good code editors? by brlewis on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @01:11PM (#21127870)

If finding a string involves popping up a modal dialog I can understand navigating by the minimap. Finding a string in emacs is really fast - Ctrl-S, start typing the string, and you're there before you know it. The minibuffer is way better for this kind of interaction than a modal dialog is.

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Re:Why don’t we have good code editors? by mattlondon on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:54PM (#21129838)

In VSCode there is no modal - ctrl-f then type (regex is supported) and it autoscrolls + highlights in the text, the minimap, and the scrollbar. No mouse (unless you want to) - you don't even need to press enter.

So apart from lacking the visual feedback of scrollbars etc, sounds like emacs is the same.

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