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#Linux #Editors #Code #Dev

What are the editors available these days that *do not* use Chromium/Electron/Atom/etc?

On my system, in vscodium (and I tried zed too) there's a maddening bug where scroll-wheel events are accrued and when you switch-back to the editor, ZIP! you end-up at the bottom (mostly) of your code. 😡 💢

It makes it totally impossible to use, hence looking for other editors.

I even tried gvim again, but it's just so painful to use!

Save me!

🦇

So I’ve been using vi for over three decades now, and vim was often the flavor of vi being used.

I just noticed that when editing a compressed file in vim (e.g. vim foo.gz), the implicit decompression step is entered into the undo log. You can hit u right after file load and get the compressed binary data.

Huh.

Continued thread

So we've widdled down this #app #showdown between #Markdown #editors for #Android.

In the end I'm prioritizing ease of use, design and aesthetics. But you can't ignore what's pragmatic. Between #QuillPad and #OpenNote, I'd want QuillPad - but I need Open Note.

QuillPad has tags, which is a nice to have - but not really all that important to me.

In the end Open Note wins out, because of its info screen that counts words used - but also, the document outline.

For now, I think this is it.

My Tortured Decision to Hire an Editor

"While I awaited the editor’s feedback, I thought of an email one of my client’s sent after I completed the editing for his book. ...

"I knew from Don what a good editor could do for me, and I looked forward to my own version of Don’s experience with anxious anticipation."

Read more to learn how my experience with an editor DID NOT match Don's.

popediting.wordpress.com/2025/

The POP Newsletter · My Tortured Decision to Hire an EditorI knew from Don what a good editor could do for me, and I looked forward to my own version of Don’s experience with anxious anticipation.