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#vim

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Here's my #riverwm setup right now no inner or outer gap and a waybar config mimicking the statusline for #vim #NeoVIM

The colorscheme is melange and LF continues to be the most flexible and extensible terminal file manager out there.

Also : I tried (badly) to make a zelda prompt but it's probably a little bit crowded

Does anyone know of a good modern FOSS IDE?
I'm trying to switch away from VSCode. I mainly use it for C++, Rust, C# with Unity, visualizing git histories, and occasionally refactoring GDScript (I usually use Godot's built in editor).

I've tried Neovide/Nvim/LazyVim and Helix, they're both really nice, but I feel like with both I'm just getting stuck constantly when I need to use a random feature I only use occasionally. Or kludging through tons of terminology and configuring I just didn't need to do with VSCode. In VSCode when I need to do something odd, there's usually a plugin for it or it just already works.

Zed seems really nice, it even has a Vim & Helix like modes, but it's pretty clear their
thing is gen AI, and Co-pilot being forced into every nook and cranny of VSCode is one of the big reasons I want to ditch it.

Am I just sleeping on Kate, emacs, kakoune, or something? What else is out there? Maybe someone is working on a Godot based modal-inspired text editor? Do I just need to grind the modal editor skill curve more?

#vim #programing #foss #helixeditor

Seems like I mostly have LazyVim set up for #Godot dev. Still have to learn a few things like what keyboard command shows the diagnostic messages from the LSP, and I still need to figure out my debugging workflow. And learn to use #vim efficiently, of course. But I already feel like a Very Smart Nerd, so clearly it's worth it.

Also I'm on here less since I don't have to wait as long for things to load as with VSCode 🤓

Replied to mms :runbsd: :emacs: :c64:

@mms Though I'm biased since I was a tech reviewer on Practical Vim, I'd still put it as the best #vim book out there. Even when weighed against Modern Vim (the follow-up book by the same author, which I also did technical review for). In the "Not shabby" department, you have the O'Reilly classic "Learning the vi and Vim Editors" (now in its 8th Edition, IIUC) which is pretty solid. There are a couple others in the market, but I've found most of them lacking in content, depth, or editing.