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   Parade du Grotesque 💀 (paradegrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 06:30:14 JST Parade du Grotesque 💀

   Once again, I am looking at Emacs with puppy-dog eyes.

   And the worst part is: I know where this is going. I'll try using it for couple of weeks until, in a fit of rage, I will Ctrl-X Ctrl-C out of it and go back to vim in disgust.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 06:30:13 JST Aral Balkan

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     @ParadeGrotesque Have you played with Helix Editor at all? It’s the only modal edits I’ve stuck with.

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     Parade du Grotesque 💀 (paradegrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 15:04:53 JST Parade du Grotesque 💀

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     • التنينوكس

     @dragnucs

     I am not sure I understand your question.

     Vim (or vi) has only two modes: insert text or command.

     You start in command mode and press 'i´ (insert) to start inserting text.

     When you are done, press escape and you go back to command mode.

     When in command mode, you use simple, one letter commands to manipulate text or ':' command for more complex operations.

     In command mode, vi (or vim) behaves almost like a programming language: you can combine one-letter commands.

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     Parade du Grotesque 💀 (paradegrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 15:04:55 JST Parade du Grotesque 💀

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     • Aral Balkan
     • التنينوكس

     @dragnucs @aral

     [Esc]

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     التنينوكس (dragnucs@social.touha.me)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 15:04:55 JST التنينوكس

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     • Aral Balkan

     @ParadeGrotesque @aral Like how do you add text, move around, add more text, do some power move text deletion or transformation, then add some more text? That is easly 6 modes or am I missing something?

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     التنينوكس (dragnucs@social.touha.me)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 15:04:56 JST التنينوكس

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     • Aral Balkan

     @ParadeGrotesque @aral Vim is good, but how is chaging modes when editing text?

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     Parade du Grotesque 💀 (paradegrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 15:04:57 JST Parade du Grotesque 💀

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     • Aral Balkan

     @aral

     Took a long hard look at it.

     Went back to vim.