Changing from a distro that defaults to nano to another that defaults to vim… What to do other than installing nano and changing visudo?

  • iByteABit@lemmy.ml
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    22 days ago

    I used to use Neovim but now I mainly use Helix, it’s really good by default, the most hassle is usually just looking up an LSP for a language and installing it.

    My config file literally only has the theme I use, unlike the heavy configs I’d have to make so that vim/nvim are the way I want. I also like the multiple cursor approach it has to editing.

    • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works
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      22 days ago

      I also like the multiple cursor approach it has to editing.

      You do!? I cannot STAND it! Am I using it wrong? C to add another cursor on the line below but only if it already has a character in that column. It seems strictly worse than VIM’s visual line selection with V.

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        21 days ago

        For use cases like that it’s usually better to search a pattern and split it to cursors. Also using line selects helps.

        I remember being annoyed at what you said but I guess I was overusing C for new cursors when there were other ways to do what I needed because I don’t have that often now