Hi everyone,

So I bought myself a good used computer--a HP EliteDesk 800 G4 desktop Mini-- and set up Windopws 11 on it. I installed vim and it works great with Multimail. I never thought I'd like vim until I tried it, especially its macro
capability.

The funny thing is that vim runs on everything, even OS/2.

-- Sean

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Hello digimaus!

14 Jun 26 17:39, Tanausu wrote to digimaus:

Hi everyone,

So I bought myself a good used computer--a HP EliteDesk 800 G4 desktop Mini--
and set up Windopws 11 on it. I installed vim and it works great with Multimail. I never thought I'd like vim until I tried it, especially its macro
capability.

The funny thing is that vim runs on everything, even OS/2.

The advantage of using multimail.

I didn't start using vim until I was forced to use neovim as my command-line ide via ssh. But... in the end, it's all about getting used to it.


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Hello Tanausu,

14 Jun 26 16:40, you wrote to digimaus:

I didn't start using vim until I was forced to use neovim as my command-line ide via ssh. But... in the end, it's all about getting
used to it.

I started to use vim because I needed one editor that worked on all the OSes I used at the time and vim was it. Its macro setup makes it very easy for me to do repetitive things, like posting a recipe at the end of a message (a decades-old tradition in the Fidonet COOKING echo).

-- Sean

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Hello Sean!

14 Jun 26 20:18, you wrote to me:

Hello Tanausu,

14 Jun 26 16:40, you wrote to digimaus:

I didn't start using vim until I was forced to use neovim as my
command-line ide via ssh. But... in the end, it's all about getting
used to it.

I started to use vim because I needed one editor that worked on all the OSes I
used at the time and vim was it. Its macro setup makes it very easy for me to
do repetitive things, like posting a recipe at the end of a message (a decades-old tradition in the Fidonet COOKING echo).

I couldn't stand it, not even when I first saw it on an amiga. I had to restart to get out :D


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Tanausu M. wrote to Sean Dennis:

I couldn't stand it, not even when I first saw it on an amiga. I had to restart to get out :D

That's the truew test if you're a real nerd, I'm told, though vim seems to
be smart wnough these days to help you figure out how to get out of it if
you get stuck in it. LOL

-- digi


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Hello Sean!

15 Jun 26 01:55, you wrote to me:

Hello Tanausu,

14 Jun 26 16:40, you wrote to digimaus:

I didn't start using vim until I was forced to use neovim as my
command-line ide via ssh. But... in the end, it's all about getting
used to it.

I started to use vim because I needed one editor that worked on all the OSes I
used at the time and vim was it. Its macro setup makes it very easy for me to
do repetitive things, like posting a recipe at the end of a message (a decades-old tradition in the Fidonet COOKING echo).

To this day, even on the latest versions and the strangest operating systems imaginable, I still use it. Now that I have more experience, it doesn't seem odd to me anymore. But whoever wrote all those commands was clearly having a bad day.


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Hello digimaus!

15 Jun 26 01:56, you wrote to me:

Tanausu M. wrote to Sean Dennis:

I couldn't stand it, not even when I first saw it on an amiga. I had to TM>> restart to get out :D

That's the truew test if you're a real nerd, I'm told, though vim seems to be smart wnough these days to help you figure out how to get out of it if you get stuck in it. LOL

I haven't been able to stop laughing at your comment :D


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Tanausu M. wrote to digimaus <=-

I haven't been able to stop laughing at your comment :D

It's funny because it's true. I have seen people get very angry at getting "stuck" in vim...or angry at me for changing EDITOR to /bin/ed. XD

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Tanausu M. wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

To this day, even on the latest versions and the strangest operating systems imaginable, I still use it. Now that I have more experience, it doesn't seem odd to me anymore. But whoever wrote all those commands
was clearly having a bad day.

From my experience, it's not only the command set but it's the modal setttings that get people. It sems that most people are used to a standard text editor and not one that uses modes.

I had to learn that the hard way also, especially when programming macros.

But vim is universal for sure. Since the original developer passed, I wonder if
they're going to be making any huge changes to vim.

-- Sean

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Hello digimaus!

15 Jun 26 20:33, you wrote to me:

Tanausu M. wrote to digimaus <=-

I haven't been able to stop laughing at your comment :D

It's funny because it's true. I have seen people get very angry at getting
"stuck" in vim...or angry at me for changing EDITOR to /bin/ed. XD

Yes, me too, in my early days with that infamous program from hell xD


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Hello digimaus!

15 Jun 26 20:34, you wrote to me:

Tanausu M. wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

To this day, even on the latest versions and the strangest operating
systems imaginable, I still use it. Now that I have more experience, it
doesn't seem odd to me anymore. But whoever wrote all those commands
was clearly having a bad day.

From my experience, it's not only the command set but it's the modal setttings
that get people. It sems that most people are used to a standard text editor
and not one that uses modes.

I had to learn that the hard way also, especially when programming macros.

But vim is universal for sure. Since the original developer passed, I wonder
if
they're going to be making any huge changes to vim.

Since I started using Neovim with the Lazy plugins as an IDE, it took me a while, but now a complete environment is available, with an integrated debugger and other things like code, or any other modern environment.



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