(describing readline keybindings as "those weird keyboard...

(describing readline keybindings as "those weird keyboard shortcuts from emacs" and libedit as "like readline but worse" is maybe questionable but that is how I feel about them)

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Lucas Werkmeister

@b0rk no, you’re right and you should say it

8 November at 18:14 | Open on wikis.world

jade

@b0rk i call editline Great Value brand readline. so, well, probably not wrong. libedit is also definitely store brand readline.

8 November at 18:21 | Open on hachyderm.io

Ted Mielczarek

@b0rk as an emacs user for two decades: you're 100% right.

8 November at 18:28 | Open on mastodon.social

Tyler Smith

@b0rk

I think this is #emacs super power. It provides a universal UI for all kinds of text. Files, shells, file browsers, REPLs for any language, email, RSS feeds etc. All with the same weird set of keybindings, and fully customizable .

I can appreciate Emacs is not for everyone, but I don't know why other editors don't take this approach (or maybe they do?)

8 November at 18:29 | Open on ottawa.place

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