CoolHand writes:
Vim 8.0 has been released. This is the first major Vim release in 10 years.
New features include:
Even if Neovim never becomes status quo in the vi world, has the competition at least given Vim developers a shot in the arm?
Original Submission
Um, my comment was more on help systems should tell newbies how to exit the help system. Not that I don't know how to close a help window.
And keep in mind this was 90/91, I'm sure Emacs has changed quite a bit since then.
Not that vi is any better in that regard...at least if you open a file in emacs the cursor keys work and when you type some characters it probably does what you expect.
vi has two modes -- "beep repeatedly" and "break everything"
- editor wars [wikipedia.org]
Anyway, personal preference and all that.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Tuesday September 13 2016, @03:38PM
Um, my comment was more on help systems should tell newbies how to exit the help system. Not that I don't know how to close a help window.
And keep in mind this was 90/91, I'm sure Emacs has changed quite a bit since then.
Why shouldn't we judge a book by it's cover? It's got the author, title, and a summary of what the book's about.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday September 13 2016, @06:06PM
Not that vi is any better in that regard...at least if you open a file in emacs the cursor keys work and when you type some characters it probably does what you expect.
vi has two modes -- "beep repeatedly" and "break everything"
- editor wars [wikipedia.org]
Anyway, personal preference and all that.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"