The values of Emacs, the Neovim revolution, and the VSCode gorilla

Re:The values of Emacs, the Neovim revolution, and the VSCod... by stnmtn on Monday January 18, 2021 @03:45PM (#25826420)

There is something that I think most programmers have, which is that seeing someone type an arcane-looking combination of characters, press enter, and suddenly a variable has been renamed in every file in the directory is more impressive then clicking on UI elements to get to find and replace, then clicking the "execute" button.

They both do the same thing, probably take the same amount of type to actually complete, but our brains are wired to see the keyboard-only method as some sort of cyberpunk magic.

Or maybe that's just me!

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Re:The values of Emacs, the Neovim revolution, and the VSCod... by brandonmenc on Monday January 18, 2021 @05:17PM (#25827347)

imo this is exactly it.

It reminds me of pre-iPhone Japanese mobile phone culture where the more complicated interfaces were prized because users had to master them like a game or a puzzle.

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