The IDEs of March
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All of those are things that have happened to me (except an IDE that could not handle externally edited files). They are very rare occurrences, but still annoying when I have to get something done.
In my experience, yes. Even coding in the basic notepad makes more sense.
Too many features but also autocomplete isn't working? So I guess you do want many features?
This is why everyone should go back to ed
No they're not.
I happen to use an IDE that exhibits none of those faults, so I know that good ones (with different faults but none of these) are out there.
Keep searching. Good luck!
Thanks for sharing this here 😊😊😊
Meanwhile: vim and Emacs users, constantly installing and configuring plugins to emulate a fraction of the power of IDEs, go "just use vim/Emacs".
I only use nerdtree, and bind some scripts to F-keys. Haven't updated in a couple years, just works.
So, you've never actually used Emacs?
And possibly also never used vi either?
LOL. Let me guess "just use Emacs/vim"?
No thank you bruv. Been there, done that. Terrible experience.
https://github.com/emacs-tw/awesome-emacs
https://github.com/lunarvim/lunarvim
All of these emulated only a fraction of the power of IDEs, even after weeks of trying to get them configured properly.
Inb4 "you're doing it wrong". Nah mate, IDEs work out of the box and don't require opening a text file to change settings while going through reams of documentation.
I right click in a file and it shows me the most important contextual commands. No need to find the " leader key", scroll through all the 1 billion commands, I don't have to "download a LSP and DAP" then "configure treesitter" or whatever the fuck kind of apes are in the editor.
Those editors have steep learning curves and get you productive eventually. IDEs get you there much more quickly. Yeah yeah, they hide complexity and "people don't know what's actually going on anymore" but sometimes I just want to get going instead of fighting my editor first. Feel me?
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What is that hyperlink?
I swear to God if it is what I think it is, I'm going to jump into fucking traffic carrying as many baby ducks as I can.
What do you think it is?
It looks like they put a license of use on their comment
Easymotion is the only plugin I need to be happy.