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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 #47028916
Merci.
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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" :)