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Re: The Traditional Vi (2007)

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Post by JdeBP » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 1:31 PM UTC

mghackerlady wrote: post #18

I wish elvis was still around. I don't want everything vim has but I like syntax highlighting and other conveniences

See infobox.

* https://jdebp.uk/FGA/vi-family.html#elvis (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48132452)

Re: The Traditional Vi (2007)

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Post by heftig » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC

kps wrote: post #16

nosioptar wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Breaks Firefox's reader mode. Looks like dog shit on mobile. I agree that this general style is good, just without some of this page's fuckups.

Chrome's too, but why ? It's just plain HTML.

Mobile browsers are assuming you're looking at a legacy page optimized for desktops (widescreen) and have a relatively large virtual screen size by default. They expect you to manually zoom in as necessary. Adding this helps:

This matches the max-width specified by the CSS. However, a smaller viewport width might be appropriate to increase the text size on mobile.

Re: The Traditional Vi (2007)

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Post by mikejulietbravo » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 1:52 PM UTC

text editors 5ever

Re: The Traditional Vi (2007)

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Post by alkyon » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC

atsaloli wrote: post #9

fragmede wrote: post #5

:x is a vim feature, so this wouldn't support it, so you'll have to use :wq instead.

or ZZ to save and exit

Repeat ZZ to save & exit if there are more files to edit

ZQ - discard & exit

Re: The Traditional Vi (2007)

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Post by imglorp » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 2:02 PM UTC

As an undergrad around 1984 I stumbled on some AT&T 3B2's in the computer lab and started to play. Knowing nothing of Unix (would have been ~ SVR3.x), I asked for help and the TA said something like "read the fine manual" as was customary. So I started off with "man something" and off we went, ending up at "man 1 vi", the glorious, pure original, none of this vim stuff...

Of course when I got onto the BSD VAX, someone set me straight and it was Emacs from there on..

Re: The Traditional Vi (2007)

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Post by bbaron63 » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC

herodoturtle wrote: post #14

atsaloli wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

or ZZ to save and exit

28 years of vi and TIL about ZZ. Thanks friend! ^_^

ZZ is the first vi command I learned. After typing vi and only seeing a column of ~s, I asked how do I get out of this thing. Someone answered - ZZ.

Re: The Traditional Vi (2007)

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Post by voidUpdate » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 2:28 PM UTC

GaryBluto wrote: post #2

Tangentially related, I wish more websites and blogs looked like this now. It's elegant and modern but simple.

I wish it took up more than 640 pixels on the left of my 1920 pixel screen. I changed the CSS of the body to be 900pt instead of 480, and it renders at 1200px wide, which looks a lot nicer to my eyes. Didn't bother trying to center it though, which would have improved it even more

Re: The Traditional Vi (2007)

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Post by deadbabe » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 2:43 PM UTC

himata4113 wrote: post #3

GaryBluto wrote: post #2

Tangentially related, I wish more websites and blogs looked like this now. It's elegant and modern but simple.

Lacks centering, other than that I also found it enjoyable to look at.

That’s a feature. It lets your thumb scroll comfortably in a larger blank area so the content is always in view for you. There is no reason for things to be centered, it does not aid readability.

Re: The Traditional Vi (2007)

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Post by himata4113 » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 2:45 PM UTC

deadbabe wrote: post #28

himata4113 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lacks centering, other than that I also found it enjoyable to look at.

That’s a feature. It lets your thumb scroll comfortably in a larger blank area so the content is always in view for you. There is no reason for things to be centered, it does not aid readability.

Not a feature on a 32inch ultrawide.

Re: The Traditional Vi (2007)

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Post by deadbabe » Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 2:47 PM UTC

himata4113 wrote: post #29

deadbabe wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s a feature. It lets your thumb scroll comfortably in a larger blank area so the content is always in view for you. There is no reason for things to be centered, it does not aid readability.

Not a feature on a 32inch ultrawide.

Use smaller window