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minus-squaremycodesucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·11 days ago“Old tools” does not mean obsolete or bad. It means tested, hardened, and reliable. And crucially, probably runs in a couple megabytes of memory, which you might need if the cost of RAM suddenly quintuples for no reason.
minus-squarePika@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-211 days agoYou can almost hear the legacy programmers screaming about Haskel and C from here. /j
minus-squareGiloron@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agoYep. https://vigor.sourceforge.net/
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 days agoAI in vim is actually often convenient. :set ai Cool, now it will keep track of my indentation. Now sometimes that gets in the way, and while you can: :set noai Usually it’s best for me to: :set paste And that’s my take on the utility of AI in vim. (that is what you meant right, there isn’t some other AI people are thinking of right?)
“Old tools” does not mean obsolete or bad. It means tested, hardened, and reliable. And crucially, probably runs in a couple megabytes of memory, which you might need if the cost of RAM suddenly quintuples for no reason.
You can almost hear the legacy programmers screaming about Haskel and C from here. /j
B-but don’t you want AI in vi?
Yep.
https://vigor.sourceforge.net/
AI in vim is actually often convenient.
:set aiCool, now it will keep track of my indentation.
Now sometimes that gets in the way, and while you can:
:set noaiUsually it’s best for me to:
:set pasteAnd that’s my take on the utility of AI in vim. (that is what you meant right, there isn’t some other AI people are thinking of right?)