Re:Even more hindsight on Vim, Helix and Kakoune
by offices on Thursday June 22, 2023 @05:21AM
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Like Godwin's Law, every discussion of Vim on HN will inevitably tend towards complaining that it doesn't have features that it has shipped with 10-30 years.
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Re:Even more hindsight on Vim, Helix and Kakoune
by bourneavent on Thursday June 22, 2023 @12:38PM
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It doesn't have code completion. You can install it as a feature, but vim itself doesn't have that feature. There needs to be a law for someone either flat out lying or not knowing what they're talking about because godwin's law doesn't apply here.
Additionally installing these features on vim is a nightmare for various reasons. It can be done, and I've done it, but the experience is not as good as the more clunkier GUI IDEs. I'm all for a TUI IDE if the experience was as automated or seamless as jetbrains or M$, but such a app doesn't exist yet.