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Aaron “#e14n pro” Madlon-KayJust a little fiddling while the world burns<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aiart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emacs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vim</a>

eruwero<a href="https://polymaths.social/@thelinuxcast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@thelinuxcast</a> be careful, this is dangerous. I've been a <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vim</a> user once. I thought it's the best text editor that ever existed, that <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emacs</a> is just weird and how can people use these stupid keybindings. I thought I could handle it. Try it out to see what the fuss is about. Prove to myself that vim is truly the best. But I wasn't careful enough. Didn't put my guards up when trying out orgmode and SLIME. It all happened so fast. I got sucked in. I got brainwashed. I even like the keybindings now.

Conan the SysadminHoist a tankard in memory of Bram Moolenaar, who died OTD in in 2023 -- he created the vim editor, a vast improvement over the abomination that is mere vi <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/vim-word-count.html?s=mc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/vim-word-count.html?s=mc</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vim</a>

ピゴスパ<a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIL</a> that <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#otd</a> two years ago, Bram Moolenaar died. He wrote a piece of software that has been acompanying me since my very first days of <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> (on <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/SuSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SuSE</a> 6.0 back in ~2000), and that I still use daily on a regular basis! It's probably the software that I used the longest.<a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/RIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RIP</a> Bram, and thank you for creating <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vim</a> !<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Moolenaar" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Moolenaar</a>

Bob the TravelerBram Moolenaar, who died OTD in in 2023, created the vim editor, a vast improvement over vi, beginning in 1988 <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/vim-word-count.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/vim-word-count.html?s=mb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vim</a>

Zoey AhmedUsing <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GNOME</a> Builder again after Zed added mecha-hitler integration, currently rebuilding my website, and finding Builder very pleasant to use after customizing some stuff, and ofc adding <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vim</a> keybinds in. Honestly nice having a GUI to configure stuff, and it being native to my GNOME system!

Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:<a href="https://fediscience.org/@ericsfraga" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ericsfraga</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@AAMfP" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@AAMfP</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@bbatsov" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bbatsov</a> (Disclaimer: I code so bad and seldom so that I can't say I'm a developer at all.)Interesting to see that <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Emacs</a> basically doesn't play a (small) role in <a href="https://graz.social/tags/softwaredevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#softwaredevelopment</a> anymore.In that context, <a href="https://graz.social/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vim</a> has won by great length, when you take a look at the two big editors with history.And I doubt that this will change again in future, as I don't see any particular movement among the youngsters.EDIT: It's unclear if Stack Overflow omitted Emacs from the options to be selected in the survey. It'd peachy if somebody would confirm that.For <a href="https://graz.social/tags/PIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PIM</a> and other use-cases, I guess that Emacs still is a very relevant and important allrounder tool.<a href="https://graz.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/IDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IDE</a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/editor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#editor</a>

Pete JonesMinor <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vim</a> / <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/neovim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neovim</a> question - is there a way to get the built-in terminal emulator to not show the zero-width characters as "<200b>" (see attached)?It doesn't really affect anything, but it makes the Starship prompt look ugly when working in git repos (especially when the git status is more complex, there are multiple <200b> characters), as the zero-width characters seem to be part of Starship's git modules.

Jörg VolbersStack Overflow Survey 2025, Developer tools, Category IDE: <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emacs</a> isnt even listed 😪 But <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vim</a> is on place 5. Even newcomer <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/zed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zed</a> seems to be more popular than <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emacs</a>.<a href="https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/technology#most-popular-technologies-dev-envs-prof" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/technology#most-popular-technologies-dev-envs-prof</a>

Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:<a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@chesheer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@chesheer</a> IMO people have lost the ability to discuss topics in a non-personal fashion. Factual level vs. personal level.Nowadays, the tendency that any discussion results in personal insults is very high.Besides: since <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Emacs</a> is able to do everything(!) that <a href="https://graz.social/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vim</a> does (except vimscript) but vim can only do vim-stuff but only a tiny fraction of the stuff that's built-in or optional within Emacs, this is actually settled once and for all. 😈 <a href="https://graz.social/tags/editorwars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#editorwars</a>

NegativePrimesBrowsing the Vim help documents on mapping and unmapping key commands, and ran across this unexpected comment:":nunmap can also be used outside of a monastery."<a href="https://urusai.social/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vim</a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/GetTheeToANunnery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GetTheeToANunnery</a>

minnixVimcat Is Great - Lugcast Clips Ep 266 <a href="https://nightshift.minnix.dev/w/fqtn5bPpSianQVca8b19VW" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nightshift.minnix.dev/w/fqtn5bPpSianQVca8b19VW</a>

Paul Kater<a href="https://mementomori.social/@rolle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@rolle</a> Last week I saw a colleague struggle to exit vim and save a file.It hurt.ZZ or :wq<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vim</a>

YavoTop comment I've read today:"Emacs takes a lifetime to learn. So the earlier you start, the longer it will take you."Credit: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@evilenx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@evilenx</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emacs</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vim</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/jokes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jokes</a>

John-Mark Gurney<a href="https://chaos.social/@scy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@scy</a>My idle/thinking command is jobs to see what vi editor sessions I need to fg to continue working on what I was doing.<a href="https://flyovercountry.social/tags/Vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vim</a> <a href="https://flyovercountry.social/tags/bash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bash</a> <a href="https://flyovercountry.social/tags/CLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CLI</a> <a href="https://flyovercountry.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a>

R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:Learned a couple neat <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/nvim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nvim</a> tricks from your <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/blost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blost</a>, <a href="https://lazybear.social/@hyde" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@hyde</a>!The way you set up your notes script is somewhat similar to my journalling script, except that mine is just plain bash with no fun vim tricks. ;)<a href="https://polymaths.social/@orbitalmartian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@orbitalmartian</a><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/neovim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NeoVim</a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vim</a>

TobyI’m moving back to Vim. Unsurprised to have forgotten almost all muscle memory.I’m starting my .vimrc from scratch because frankly the one I had was a bit of a Frankenstein’s monster. I’m also manually handling plugins instead of going via a toolkit.Trying to ease into it slowly and deliberately. :wq <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vim</a>

Jay 🆘I think I have to switch <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vim</a> completion plugins soon. Choosing between nvim-cmp and vimcomplete, probably gonna go with nvim-cmp. This is gonna be like a whole Saturday afternoon project.

Roni LaukkarinenThis is actually amazing.VimHero teaches you how to edit code using Vim with interactive examples, challenges, and games. <a href="https://www.vim-hero.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.vim-hero.com</a><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Vi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vi</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vim</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Coding</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Editor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Editor</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/VimHero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VimHero</a>

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