Mastodawn

Well fucking shit motherfuckers. Vim & Neovim are both contaminated with LLM slop.

I mean, I can just use ed. Or roll back Vim to an old version and never let it update? Fuck.

I do have a new Mac coming, so I could just commit to BBEdit, tho that's less optimal for code editor. Assuming siegel hasn't done something stupid?

Ha ha I could finally switch to emacs with vile binds and then NOTHING will work.

Fucking fuck darkest fucking timeline.
https://hachyderm.io/@AndrewRadev/116175986749599825
#vim #butlerianJihad

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Jyrgen N Mar 9

@mdhughes @cstross Homebrew has nvi. And Emacs, of course.

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Charlie Stross Mar 9

@jyrgenn @mdhughes Emacs, consistently over a 30 year period, has given me RSI *within a week* every time I've tried using it as my main editor. It was designed for a keyboard layout that no longer exists (outside weird homebrew builds).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-cadet_keyboard

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LisPi Mar 9

@cstross @jyrgenn @mdhughes I do have to remark that the ergonomics of most keyboards until fairly recently were sorely lacking.

I can't imagine doing much of anything with them without getting RSI or other postural issues over time. (Yes, even the space cadet & others.)

(Nostalgic as that beige IBM keyboard may be, it was still terrible for ergonomics.)

Model M keyboard - Wikipedia

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AMS Mar 9

@lispi314 @mdhughes @jyrgenn @cstross Model M is the only thing I've managed to not get RSI from. Mostly because I bottom out other keyboards. The buckling springs click with enough margin to pull back before you hit bottom.

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LisPi

@AMS @mdhughes @jyrgenn @cstross The base design has some assumptions about the user's wrists & shoulder width that don't hold all the time.

It's mostly what I was thinking about (and why I like split keyboards so much).

True-enough that tactile feedback issues can also make things worse.