OK so normally I really like minimalistic setups, and generally find minimal software better to use. I would frequent the minimalism threads when they showed up.
Well in one of them, someone suggested using nvi instead of vim.
I tried it and holy fuck it sucks.
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Ed is minimal software. Vi is faux-minimal software in the vein of Arch, urxvt, and i3. On a gradient between the simplistic, scriptable Ed and the extensible, flexible Emacs, you could even say that Emacs is more minimal than Vi in the sense that it's in principle one thing, an elisp repl. Vi is that shitty compromise of minimal fetishists who don't understand what minimalism is.
You're not fooling anyone.
Wrote my own simplistic command line editor years ago. Used emacs once and it was for that.
It's a great programming exercise, it pushes you to appreciate other people's work and face the same limitations. Humbling! You should try doing so before shitting on any other tools.
Most people on tech talk from ignorance and shallow experience. Most regurgitate theories and concepts forgetting they live in a cosmos so complex our tech is tin toys. It's all a matter of angles.
Emacs or Vi, Nano or Ed, Sublime or Notepad++ how does it matter to the moon or to the insects polinating plants and making the air you breathe?
Be pragmatic, choose one, master it and use it to code your heart out. Have fun with it, it's a toy made to help build toys, better toys hoepefully.
None of it is a big deal.
Opinions don't matter in this universe, only experience. Enjoy yourself coding and using your mind purposefully, whether it's through Emacs or any other editor, transcend the BS and go to the core.
vi > OP
sage
good post
I get the impression that all the "minimalist" guys are just trolls on here. I mean writing pages upon pages of arguments about what is more minimal - as if it helps them accomplish anything...
emacs is shit. gvim is win.
It can be worse than that, as many people build their own identity around an editor. They buy T-shirts, follow all the forums, put stickers on their computer etc. Amusingly enough, these cheerleaders do not typically contribute any code.
True, that's not very minimalist of them.
Ultimate minimalism to me is doing it rather than wishing it. No words just PoC. That's how the universe works, no plans, just immaculate doing.