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Re:Sunsetting Atom by rgoulter on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @11:34AM (#31668902)
If you're retaining vim on your workstation for quick editing of files, I'd encourage you to keep an eye on the Helix editor. https://helix-editor.com/

There are three nice things about it: it flips vim's <verb><motion> into a <motion><verb> (like kakoune); it's got tree-sitter support out of the box (including for navigation); it's got LSP support out of the box.

Its keybinding is perhaps in "uncanny valley" of vim's. Overall, it still feels well thought out.

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Re:Sunsetting Atom by sph on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @11:58AM (#31669314)
I've tried, but it's still a little immature for me. Definitely an interesting idea worth exploring more.

And the reason I went back to Emacs is because of elisp and M-x. Those are the true killer features of that editor, still unrivaled.

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Re:Sunsetting Atom by gaetgu on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @12:08PM (#31669467)
Yep. I am waiting for its plugin support to come out to start really using it but I have it installed and I use it from time to time. It is pretty nice!
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