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gilcot

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    Comment #47029993

    Another loser here to second you

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    Comment #47029089

    And that’s not true! He did want to keep the editor stable and available for many platforms and compatible with vi. Rejected proposals break one of these rules.

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    Comment #47029016

    do you mean http://cream.sourceforge.net/

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    Comment #47028907

    I loved using it to write and browse my html files. It can do troff too <3

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    Comment #46310090

    No, the editor is "ex" (for extended ed…) and "vi" is it's other face… (when you call vi, it’s same as calling ex then issuing :visual command…)

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    Comment #46309897

    And they're "codenames" not supposed to be as obvious as names…

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    Comment #46309765

    That's because "ed" was the "editor" (and that later was abbreviated "ed"…) when sed born.

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    Comment #46309673

    As unique as: Go, Python, R, Rust, Word, Writer, --"

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    Comment #46309631

    And before the rise of heavy IDE, you need some coffee to write all those SomeObscureWord.longLongStuf.notSoShortOne.LastSentence()

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    Comment #45703154

    Do you mean doas ?

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    Comment #38849890

    and it's a dedicated release <3

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    Comment #38373879

    Instead of comparing to LaTeX format, it should compare to ConTeXt…

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    Comment #38373727

    You mean worst but successful 'cause of harsh marketing?

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    Comment #38373479

    What about Octave and R, which are open source and for $0?

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    Comment #38249277

    Welcome to the worm hole called Reddit...

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    Comment #38231479

    Does read-only mode not suffer from some global settings? Also, what happens when the reading instance doesn't have all the used fonts for example?

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    Comment #38202513

    I may be wrong, but I think RCS protocol is published (so Apple and any other can support it if they want) whereas the protocol for iMessage is not (so no one but Apple can make co…

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    Comment #38161228

    It's like they don't know that they can have a clone on Github and still continue using Mercurial. On the other hand, they're moving from open source tool to a closed ecosystem and…

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    Comment #38148345

    Also to use with existing git repos: https://gitless.com/ and https://github.com/frostming/legit

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    Comment #38148330

    I've worked with Fossil for two years and half, and same things apply. - I've used Fossil within a team of three and we were able to sync from each other's laptop without central s…

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    Comment #38136030

    One is saying: I don't want to consume electricity, so respect my choice when I light off in some rooms. But all fans are replying: your living room consumption is less than your b…

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    Comment #38135829

    I do, as do many other non-native I know, unless you write it "shouldn't" :)