Re: [dev] [RFC] Design of a vim like text editor

From: Andrew Hills <ahills_AT_ednos.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:24:45 -0400

On 9/15/14, 3:03 PM, Marc Andr� Tanner wrote:
> This is true to some degree. The problem is that least people are already
> familiar with vi(m) (myself included). Therefore the hope is that by sticking
> to the vim conventions less contributors will be attracted. As for my personal
> needs they are alleast covered by the currently implemented functionality.

And one advantage of vi(m) is that I can get it on basically any
platform, so even if I don't have access to vis or other related
projects, as long as the interfaces are similar, I will not have much
difficulty. But, if the editor's separation allows for other, better
editing interfaces, and the program's simplicity means that it can be
easily compiled on MacOS™s and WSLes with all the various supporting
libraries and versions thereof, then I would have no problem learning a
new tool (provided it is actually better than vi).
Received on Mon Sep 15 2014 - 22:24:45 CEST