Mastodawn

Hmmm decisions decisions. As an #OpenBSD user I usually prefer #vim with just 2 plugins installed my gruvbox theme and colorizer to color html color codes. But I'm wondering if I really need syntax highlighting and theme support ? You can see my rough and I mean rough .kshrc side by side in vim and vi. I do like a splash of color and do enjoy the command completion though so I guess I will tinker with n(vi) further. #vi

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Tall Simon

@justine

Align

I'd really miss that Vim plugin.

I write code with a lot array mathematical operations, so vertical alignment is important so I can see, visually, whether I've done The Right Thing™.

I also use digraphs in Vim to put Greek letters in my code, at least where it's visually distinct. (I confess this is evil, but 'ε' instead of 'epsilon' makes the lines *so* much shorter.)

I used to like Python with tabs, because I could set Vim to display the tabs as dim red lines so that I could see the alignment of loop and condition blocks. (This, however, is a battle I have lost.)