Re: [dev] [edit] Introducing edit, a simple text editor
On 23/10/24 11:49AM, Kyryl Melekhin wrote: > Besides, I want people to actually use my software and have some kind > of visibility. > > Nobody would know of suckless.org were it not be constantly posted and > talked about > on various social media(s). This touches up one of the fundamental differences between suckless software and software that sucks: what drives the creation of software? Many mainstream software projects have fallen prey to the same disease that gripped show business and other creative fields: it is exclusively driven by publicity, catering to crowds and statistical analysis of target audiences, over everything else. This is something to take note of and avoid. Programmers shouldn't be held hostage by the "opinion of the crowd" (a social network defect). Programmers should be motivated only by the desire to create what is in their own opinion functional, quality software. Maybe it will be hidden in obscurity, so what? But it won't. If it is useful, those interested will find a way to discover it and use it. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [dev] [edit] Introducing edit, a simple text editor
Страхиња, On 10/24/23, Страхиња Радић wrote: > On 23/10/23 03:11PM, Kyryl Melekhin wrote: >> Since this is my creation I might be biased, but I still think that Nextvi >> is >> the best suckless editor. > > That should be left for others to decide. > > >> Please give it a revisit, and help me get 100 stars on github! > > Social networks should die. Github is one of them.[1] > > Say no to Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Disney, Mozilla and other globalist > "Big Tech" corporations. > > > [1]: https://sfconservancy.org/GiveUpGitHub/ > I don't disagree. However, for the moment github is just an alternative way to do a data backup. Hosting my own git is something I might do in the future. Besides, I want people to actually use my software and have some kind of visibility. Nobody would know of suckless.org were it not be constantly posted and talked about on various social media(s).
Re: [dev] [edit] Introducing edit, a simple text editor
On 23/10/23 03:11PM, Kyryl Melekhin wrote: > Since this is my creation I might be biased, but I still think that Nextvi is > the best suckless editor. That should be left for others to decide. > Please give it a revisit, and help me get 100 stars on github! Social networks should die. Github is one of them.[1] Say no to Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Disney, Mozilla and other globalist "Big Tech" corporations. [1]: https://sfconservancy.org/GiveUpGitHub/ signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [dev] [edit] Introducing edit, a simple text editor
Hi, On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 10:52:11AM -0400, Sean MacLennan wrote: > Basically, I agree that undo is hard. Indeed. Ed gets undo by design keeping a history keeping a list of lines and every modification implies a new list, so you can always undo (at least once). Regards,
Re: [dev] [edit] Introducing edit, a simple text editor
Hey guys, On this topic, I would like to revisit Nextvi. It's been a year since my last post. The editor has been getting some lovely quality of life updates while still adhering to the original philosophy. Since this is my creation I might be biased, but I still think that Nextvi is the best suckless editor. This is because it manages to implement everything without any 3rd party libraries and the shortest number of lines possible. And of course undo is implemented and works perfectly, and many other features most editors of this kind lack. [0] https://github.com/kyx0r/nextvi Please give it a revisit, and help me get 100 stars on github! I don't remember the requirement but I think github puts the code that has over 100 stars into their Arctic deep freeze storage. So it would be great to have it preserved for future generations in case of a world disaster. Kind regards, Kyryl
