Ask HN: Any programmers use non-standard editors?

Re:Ask HN: Any programmers use non-standard editors? by Froedlich on Thursday April 14, 2022 @06:43PM (#31034349)

For writing code, I still use an ancient 1986 text editor that runs under DOS. I run it under DOSEMU now. After all those years, it's pretty much a direct mind-to-text interface.

For debugging code, almost all compilers come with some default editor or "build environment." I just use whatever is there, for convenience.

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Re:Ask HN: Any programmers use non-standard editors? by parentheses on Friday April 15, 2022 @02:13PM (#31043619)

I often get stuck rejecting this bi-modal way of working where I use one tool for authoring and another for debugging or whatever else that benefits from tooling.

Do you feel that (excluding the cost of learning/configuring it) it'd be better if you used something like neovim where both experiences can be pretty top-notch?

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