I regret nothing. Say what you want.
Edit: I just saw the two typos. If you find them, you're welcome to keep them.
I code using grep's search and replace.
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I code using a telegraph machine in morse code.
I code using punch cards hand cutting each hole with a xacto knife
At uni I did a lot of my Java coursework in notepad, then I’d have to take it into a computer lab on a floppy, tar it and upload it to a unix terminal so it could be emailed to the professor. Java syntax with only the command line compiler is not fun.
As long as you don't use Microsoft Word we can be friends
What about the libre office version?
Bonus points if you're saving it as an .odt and still producing a validly executable file of some kind
You're weird, but we can be friends if you want.
That boy is gonna be a murderer
If you're not writing it all down on paper and then punching holes in cards, you're doing it all wrong
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text editor application that came with Ubuntu
nano
shivers
I'm probably in the minority but I think it's fantastic! No extra baggage, super quick to work with, and it does syntax highlighting pretty well!
Nah man, I'm with you, nano is no nonsense get shit done editor. It might not have advanced features but I'm not an advanced man.
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The person that codes in MS paint
This feels a little bit like Brainfuck tbh.
For what it’s worth, I can think of one thing that would make brainfuck even worse: Instead of using 8 arbitrary characters (it only uses > < + - . , ] and [ for every instruction) for the coding, use the 8 most common letters of the alphabet. Since it ignores all other characters, all of your comments would need to be done without those 8 letters.
For example, “Hello World” in brainfuck is the following:
++++++++[>++++[>++>+++>+++>+<<<<-]>+>+>->>+[<]<-]>>.>---.+++++++..+++.>>.<-.<.+++.------.--------.>>+.>++.
If we instead transposed those 8 instructions onto the 8 most common letters of the alphabet, it would look more like this:
eeeeeeeeaneeeeaneeneeeneeenesssstonenentnneasostonnIntttIeeeeeeeIIeeeInnIstIsIeeeIttttttIttttttttInneIneeI
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NANO is life.
Nano is fine. But Micro is a worthwhile upgrade: https://micro-editor.github.io/
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I write all my code on paper and use OCR to convert it. It almost works sometimes.
Notepad.exe has been my daily driver for anything that doesn't need a compiler for decades.
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I like SublimeText for everything unless a quick edit at the CLI with Vim.
Gedit was my main text editor for years. I also used it for work. It has all the basic features that you need for coding. For everything else I use the terminal.
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Code in MS Word because it handles tabs correctly, unlike all code editors.
Tab means "move to the next tabstop", not "advance a fixed amount".
(I don't do it, I'm not THAT insane)
Me: hits return.
Word: "Sure, here, a new line. I already indented it for you, same as the one before. Like a good IDE."
Me: "That's nice of you, Word, but I want this one to be indented one tab stop less than the line before." Hits delete.
Word: "Delete, you say? Sure, back to the line before."
Me: "No, no! Just delete one tab! Maybe, if I select the line and hit dele..."
Word: "Why of course!"
Me: "Shit, it's gone. Undo! Hmm... Move the thingy here on top?"
Word: "Move all the lines you say? No problem!"
Me: "Nvm, I'll just indent everything by hand with spaces."