October 29th, 2018 at 2:57 AM ^
Looks like someone's looking for directions to Nerd Prom.
October 29th, 2018 at 6:35 AM ^
OP username checks out.
October 29th, 2018 at 9:17 AM ^
Wouldn’t that be EEPROM?
October 29th, 2018 at 9:05 PM ^
If my high school had prom.
October 29th, 2018 at 3:59 AM ^
vim. End of thread
October 29th, 2018 at 4:24 AM ^
Evil mode for emacs. Gets you the vim keybindings (no risk of emacs pinky) with the power of emacs
October 29th, 2018 at 5:25 AM ^
VS Code. In actuality, depends on what you are using it for.
October 29th, 2018 at 5:25 AM ^
GTFOWTS.
October 29th, 2018 at 5:53 AM ^
gedit :-)
October 29th, 2018 at 6:31 AM ^
vim is more of an upfront investment/learning curve, but so worth it in the long run
October 29th, 2018 at 6:49 AM ^
The answer is emacs.
You can write elisp to make it do whatever it is you want to do. Think about how cool this is: years ago, stallman created an editor with an interpreter embedded inside of it! The fact that each keystroke is programmable is super powerful.
Of course, the real key is becoming adept at whichever path you go down. Spend the time and learn the editor well.
Probably worth checking out more "modern" options too, e.g., atom, sublime text, etc.
October 29th, 2018 at 7:00 AM ^
VIM.
Based upon Bill Joy's vi text editor.
Joy is alum of UM so, VIM.
October 29th, 2018 at 7:14 AM ^
What sport do they play?
October 29th, 2018 at 7:24 AM ^
Go with the one with the lower pad level.
October 29th, 2018 at 7:32 AM ^
Don't want to hijack the thread, but does Vim or Emacs affect the weather on Saturday?
October 29th, 2018 at 7:42 AM ^
I just put in a CB for emacs
October 29th, 2018 at 8:36 AM ^
How many stars???
October 29th, 2018 at 7:47 AM ^
Vim for me, but try both and see what works best for you.
October 29th, 2018 at 7:54 AM ^
Straight up vi... I don't trust this fancy new networky windowy stuff.
October 29th, 2018 at 7:57 AM ^
Only know vi myself.
October 29th, 2018 at 8:03 AM ^
I use emacs. Initially it was the learning curve, but I got good at it, and Vim (frankly) just seems like a PITA to learn.
But I have colleagues that swear by Vim.
C-x, C-c
October 29th, 2018 at 8:31 AM ^
Why not both?
October 29th, 2018 at 9:25 AM ^
I’m have a flashback to the 1980s. VI beat Emacs back then, too.
October 29th, 2018 at 9:27 AM ^
If you're primarily a developer, either one would be fine. If you do systems administration, vim is more useful as it (or its very similar predecessor vi) is much more likely to be installed on random machines with Linux or other flavors of Unix installed.
I personally prefer vim.
October 29th, 2018 at 10:01 AM ^
Obviously it's emacs. But really Randall got this right at XKCD:
October 29th, 2018 at 10:17 AM ^
E.max is a great material for your crown or onlay. It is my material of choice when using CEREC.
Wrong thread?
October 29th, 2018 at 12:56 PM ^
My FIL is a UM grad dentist. So I get what you’re putting down, bruh.
October 29th, 2018 at 10:29 AM ^
kate is a nice user friendly tool with lots of power. Not a replacement for either, but simple enough for anyone to use.
October 29th, 2018 at 10:42 AM ^
If this thread, and almost every comment in it, were in Cretan hieroglyphics I would have understood it just as well as I did in English
October 29th, 2018 at 11:11 AM ^
Either are fine. Just make sure your editor is terminal based. Shit like Atom or Sublimetext are for script kiddies.
October 29th, 2018 at 11:28 AM ^
I use aquamacs on Mac. Excellent software with common mac key-bindings, easy learning curve to get start and you can unleash the full power of emacs gradually when you need them. When I need to do simple editing on a terminal, I use pico or nano.
on the other hand, if your work requires to work on computers remotely, I have witnessed many times how one can get work down very efficiently in a terminal window using vim.
October 29th, 2018 at 11:32 AM ^
I thought this board had a no politics rule? Where are the mods?!
October 29th, 2018 at 11:48 AM ^
tabs not spaces
October 29th, 2018 at 12:03 PM ^
Where are the mod points when you need them most?
October 29th, 2018 at 11:55 AM ^
Shouldn't trust anything that shares a name with a word in the Sparty fight song.
October 29th, 2018 at 11:59 AM ^
EMACS all the way baby
October 29th, 2018 at 12:12 PM ^
well Mark Zuckerberg broke out emacs to hack the Leverett House facebook in The Social Network so I'd recommend that one.
October 29th, 2018 at 4:47 PM ^
Vim?
You're a spartie, aren't you, OP!
October 29th, 2018 at 8:35 PM ^
Op is a proud wolverine studying at UM COE right now.
October 29th, 2018 at 9:49 PM ^
I learned, years ago while in high school marching band, that the lyrics to spartie's fight song contains the word "vim". Until then, I had no idea that word existed nor what it meant.
October 29th, 2018 at 5:48 PM ^
I used to be a vi partisan, but the tools that come with environments like Visual Studio and Eclipse are making this argument a little less relevant. Whichever one you decide to learn should become ingrained enough in muscle memory (like typing) that switching would be difficult.