I opened vim and tried to type "blimpy" and nothing happened. I also can't quit.
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How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
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Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#42In conjunction with the power of Magit this is going to make cranking out those pesky commit messages so much easier.
--force-blimpy
Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#43Hackernews during the weekends is something else.
blimpy?
Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#44I opened vim and tried to type "blimpy" and nothing happened. I also can't quit.
Really? You should end up with "mpy" in your buffer. Maybe your configuration is messed up. Try deleting your .vimrc and try again.
Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#45More than anything else I'm confused by the positive response this is getting. * Very few people use Emacs * Anyone who nevertheless is using Emacs should be willing to read documentation. The only way to learn Emacs is through reading the docs. * As illustrated, copy-pasting a use-package clause is an easy way to get started with something. The pain point is the alternative ways to set a package up that are distract…
one time I was in Kyrgyzstan staring down a band of armed marauders with AKs, me holding nothing but my pre-Lenovo Thinkpad. The battery had long since died (it only lasts about 38 minutes) and of course the WiFi doesn't work due to proprietary drivers but I was able to plug in the six-pound AC adapter to the back of a Unimog and after waiting for the 10 minute boot process to complete I quickly typed "C-c b" which i…
I’ve never seen a Unimog reference in the wild before!
What an amazing machine.
Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#46I opened vim and tried to type "blimpy" and nothing happened. I also can't quit.
Due to some disagreements in the vim community about typing blimpy not being a priority, I believe you have to download blimpyvim to get this working.
Or set the compiler flag +blimpy if you're building it from source. I would still recommend tpope's vim-pagliacci plugin for the RECL.
EDIT: Read-Eval-Clown-Loop
Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#47Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's this: https://github.com/progfolio/blimpy
I dont get it... does blimpy equate to some emacs commands or something where you cant type it in emacs' equivalent of insert mode?
No, I think the word was just chosen because it sounds kind of funny. The crux of the video is making fun of how simultaneously annoyingly fidgety and powerful emacs packages can be.
Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#49More than anything else I'm confused by the positive response this is getting. * Very few people use Emacs * Anyone who nevertheless is using Emacs should be willing to read documentation. The only way to learn Emacs is through reading the docs. * As illustrated, copy-pasting a use-package clause is an easy way to get started with something. The pain point is the alternative ways to set a package up that are distract…
As a long time emacs user, I've definitely felt this sinking my teeth into a novel package and I imagine lots of people have felt the same.
The fact that emacs even has a coherent package story is a testament to people's dedication to making it work. On the surface, it should be impossible; the editor is so configurable that there was no particular guarantee that a coherent family of behaviors would emerge. But the fact that packages and package management not only exist but interoperate with each other speaks volumes to the dedication of the software engineers who made that happen.
> Anyone who nevertheless is using Emacs should be willing to read documentation. The only way to learn Emacs is through reading the docs.
Ah, assuming that's how people learn things these days is our first mistake. ;) Emaxs does have excellent built-in documentation... But in the StackOverflow era, I think a lot of people learn their software by hopping from solution to solution instead of digesting all of the documentation.
Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
one time I was in Kyrgyzstan staring down a band of armed marauders with AKs, me holding nothing but my pre-Lenovo Thinkpad. The battery had long since died (it only lasts about 38 minutes) and of course the WiFi doesn't work due to proprietary drivers but I was able to plug in the six-pound AC adapter to the back of a Unimog and after waiting for the 10 minute boot process to complete I quickly typed "C-c b" which i…
I’ve never seen a Unimog reference in the wild before! What an amazing machine.
Maybe it's not very lightweight but pretty customizable, just like Emacs.