10 Jan
2020
10 Jan
'20
1:01 a.m.
Larry McVoy writes:
On Thu, Jan 09, 2020 at 09:21:40AM -0800, Jon
Steinhart wrote:
Yes, that is my opinion and clearly yours is different.
Being as I have a huge hi-res screen, I often have other windows
open and ready to do, so all I have to do is move the mouse.
But really to me you're opening yet another can of worms, which is what
I call the "string theory school of design" where every new program
creates its own universe instead of functioning in the existing one.
I'm working on a demonstration project to illuminate a different path,
but it's gonna be a while before I have something to show.
Jon
It's for that reason that I hate the
addition of multiple windows to vi.
That's just silly. I frequently open two panes on the same file. Lets
compare:
Your way:
- click to open a new terminal
- click on it because it's not where I want, move it
- cd to where ever I am
- vi whatever
My way:
:sp
You are welcome to your opinion but to argue that multiple panes in
vi aren't useful, fine, maybe not to you. Don't use them. Other
people love that feature, that feature is why I tried emacs many
years ago.