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Unless you're on sunos...
How does one do it in sunOS?
L1-A
Then you can program in FORTH, which has full Emacs key binding support!
https://github.com/MitchBradley/openfirmware/blob/master/for...
How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
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Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#82Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
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Unless you're on sunos...
Just pull the power cord
Or load Deldo into Emacs and insert the plug!
Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
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The joke is that it's overly complicated to do a simple thing in Emacs, and you have to rely on blindly running shakily-trustworthy third-party code to do that thing for you. (I like Emacs very much, I use it every day, but there is a kernel of truth to this and I laughed.)
What’s a (real) example of a simple thing that’s hard to do in emacs?
I mean I think if you compare to, say, VSCode, writing any amount of [Emacs] Lisp to customise anything at all is "hard". I like it! It means I can customise more or less whatever I like, but it's a different universe.
Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
The joke is that it's overly complicated to do a simple thing in Emacs, and you have to rely on blindly running shakily-trustworthy third-party code to do that thing for you. (I like Emacs very much, I use it every day, but there is a kernel of truth to this and I laughed.)
Definitely a younger crowd. Back in my day if you blindly copied code without reading the documentation thoroughly there is no way that Emacs would be doing anything remotely useful. That was the sort of thing Emacs was mocked for, in fact - you really needed to get in amongst Elisp to customise it and nobody goes out of their way to learn Elisp. Being able to blindly copy use-package statements has been one of the b…
Oh for sure, I agree, and I've blindly imported reams of elisp dependencies myself!
Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
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Can you articulate why this isn't funny?
Well... one of the things groups do to bond is they develop memes and in-jokes that are objectively nothing and exist only to show who is in- and out- of the group. One of the signs people are doing that is one word responses like "blimpy". That sort of activity is purposefully low-content because it is supposed to signal group membership and nothing more. Which is what I think this is. That turns up in every group a…
It's also allowed to think up new jokes.
Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#87Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#88I opened vim and tried to type "blimpy" and nothing happened. I also can't quit.
you can use the following script to quit vim, it kills random processes until vim dies:
while pgrep vim; do
ps axuw | awk '{print $2}' | grep -v PID | shuf -n 1 | sudo kill -9
doneRe: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#89Those who enjoyed this should also have a laugh at:
"Vim Exit% Speedrun [WR - 2.50:13]"