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0 pointsna857y ago0 comments

Why not just use an editor without awful UX?

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That would have been my choice. Unfortunately I wasn't the one that made the decision to have the students use vi.

It's not really awful, especially when you compare it to something like ed, edlin, or edt...

na85OP7y ago

The fact that $thing has some negative qualities is not erased by pointing at $otherThing which scores lower on that particular dimension.

There aren't really any editors that have no negative qualities...

vi is a very good editor. You have to learn about three things to use it effectively. It's really not a high bar to entry.

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That would have been my choice. Unfortunately I wasn't the one that made the decision to have the students use vi.

It's not really awful, especially when you compare it to something like ed, edlin, or edt...

na85OP7y ago

The fact that $thing has some negative qualities is not erased by pointing at $otherThing which scores lower on that particular dimension.

There aren't really any editors that have no negative qualities...

vi is a very good editor. You have to learn about three things to use it effectively. It's really not a high bar to entry.

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