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Re:Neovim 0.5 is overpowering by majkinetor on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @12:53PM (#27292956)
You can do that literary everywhere and with any editor, and even without editor. I created this when I was using vim: https://github.com/majkinetor/vim-omnipresence and this to be used with any OS control: https://github.com/majkinetor/isense-x (here used for AHK intelisense but that is just 1 usecase)

The real benefit of vim vs any editor is modality and there is AFAIK nothing similar in any editor even with emulators. Editing/moving over text is just way faster with vim then any other editor (not just slightly faster, light years faster). I use vscode now because vim requires A LOT of setup and even when automated its pain in the ass. VScode and its plugin sync on the other hand makes it very fast to install anywhere with your config and keys so it compensate for slower editing to me since I need to have my editor EVERYWHERE (literary hundreds of computers).

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Re:Neovim 0.5 is overpowering by curriculum on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @01:03PM (#27293117)
Sure, you can make a hotkey to launch any editor, but not every editor is as "pathologically configurable" as vim. The combination of vim being terminal-based, highly-configurable, and lightweight makes it nice to use in a variety of contexts.
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Re:Neovim 0.5 is overpowering by majkinetor on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @01:15PM (#27293288)
Its not lightweight.
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Re:Neovim 0.5 is overpowering by gorjusborg on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @01:44PM (#27293697)
It is, compared to pretty much any currently in-use editor.
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Re:Neovim 0.5 is overpowering by dmitriid on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @03:55PM (#27295292)
> Editing/moving over text is just way faster with vim then any other editor (not just slightly faster, light years faster).

Text? Yes. Code? No. Since editing moving code is a subset of refactoring, and Vim has no knowledge about code.

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Re:Neovim 0.5 is overpowering by majkinetor on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @04:08PM (#27295436)
Well, this update is all about that so I guess... solved ?
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Re:Neovim 0.5 is overpowering by dmitriid on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @04:20PM (#27295570)
It's on its way there, true :)
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