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@wallhackio @monorail @vaporeon_ holly not escaping the skill issue allegations

@vaporeon_ good question, i’d have to think on that one

@monorail @vaporeon_ skill issue

@vaporeon_ does vscode and its forks count as an IDE

@vaporeon_ nope

@vaporeon_ purrobably because vi came preinstalled on bsd

@monorail @vaporeon_ i mean, google or spawning a new terminal and opening the manpage aside, but i know what you mean

@vaporeon_ maybe lol

@vaporeon_ it is not lost on me that floragatO evolves into meowscaradA

@vaporeon_ nowhere in the vi* UI is “press escape to enter commands” explained, and discoverability of the available commands if you press escape is rather weak. furthermore, the editor catches signals like interrupt, and fur whatever reason people don’t usually learn about the job control functionalities of shells, so even the alternative of c-z-ing out is something most new users won’t likely even remotely consider trying

if you’re very new to the unix purrogramming environment, or just specifically vi, it makes complete sense to me that vi could be baffling. but it’s easy enough to learn your way around

@vaporeon_ neat

@vaporeon_ Grand Theft Æro

@vaporeon_ @onfy typically its usage is adjectival so it’s not weird to hear things like “auto mechanic”. but fur whatever reason, just calling a car an “auto” would be very abnormal

@vaporeon_ @onfy it is attested to use ”auto” as short fur “automobile”, which i understand to be a bit dated, but still survives in terms like “auto loan” (loan fur a car), or, well, you know

@vaporeon_ do holly, amy & co. form a macro/micro system

@wallhackio @Lady sadness

@wallhackio @vaporeon_ yes

@vaporeon_ i believe the diffurence comes down to extensions being run in a sandboxed environment, whereas plugins lacked such restrictions and thus could be catastrophic if broken

@vaporeon_ yeah flash was a plugin