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[–] mac 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Weirdly I think Vim's modal mindset is a much simpler grasp than the finger gymnastics presented by Emacs.

[–] mac 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Why? What's wrong with your nano usage? Is it becoming a problem?

[–] mac 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I still can't get to grips with the islands directory causing separation from my other components, it feels weird because both islands and components are components, I think Next.js' approach of having a use client string at the top of the interactive component makes much more sense because your component directory structure can mimic the app/pages directory layout.

Honestly it's the only thing keeping me from jumping over to Fresh.

[–] mac 2 points 2 years ago

This is super detailed and informative, the actual information I needed. For some reason I couldn't find it online, maybe I just wasn't looking in the right place.

I'll have to keep referring back to this as my drawing journey progresses. Thank you!

[–] mac 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Honestly I picked up enough of Helix in an hour or two to be effective. Because it's based on Vim, knowing Vim gets you 80% of the way there.

[–] mac 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Yeah I think since trying modal editors going back to GUI/Chorded Editors in a no go.

Honestly I can't believe anyone uses a chorded editor? Am I just missing something or is it a lot of extra keys to press to achieve the same thing as a modal editor.

[–] mac 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah I'm guessing that's Helix's approach. Maybe the bind relearning is worth it or maybe it inspires NeoVim or other Vim-like editors to come with more of the consistently repeated stuff enabled by default.

[–] mac 2 points 2 years ago

Honestly what can be done with Ansible that isn't achievable with a shell script or two and a yaml file?

[–] mac 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Yeah I agree NeoVim being extensible is wonderful, and I believe Helix has the goal of adding a plugin system. It's also super lightweight while including a lot of these core features we see repeated in nearly every NeoVim setup, the kind of thing like LSP & Tree Sitter which shows up so often it begs the question: Should this be built into the editor.

I am also terrified of relearning all the minds after years of vim use, although a lot of the base bindings are the same or similar. I guess if I could relearn the system keyboard shortcuts when I switched OS I can do the same here.

[–] mac 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I usually try to draw from my mind, never goes well. Then I tried drawing lines, curves and S shapes as described in a video.

I have gotten half good at certain things but nothing feels like it clicks correctly.

[–] mac 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah =/= is honestly a little confusing. I know != isn't universal though, gotta start making sure to use instead

[–] mac 7 points 2 years ago

I thought this was a possibility at first, then I used it. The lad time is basically instant, the results are always good and it has a bunch of features with AI etc.

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