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How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
20 positive, 23 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 30 critical, out of 73 comments about the project. Thread score -0.15.
Execution: 4 for, 16 againstIdea: 4 for, 4 againstDesign: 3 for, 3 againstPerformance: 2 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Smooth multi-cursor and discoverable, intuitive UX
From 3 comments
I just tested it and I must say congrats. I really enjoy the command palette, the open file menu and the multi cursor. It's well thought, really intuitive so far and I…
az09mugen on HNThe multi-cursor experience is the smoothest I've seen in a terminal based editor. Congrats!
yoavm on HNInstalled it and out of the box this is the best new TUI editor I've tried, probably ever. There are so many great editors out there but I've never been a fan of modal editing,…
20after4 on HN
Fast performance and efficiency
From 2 comments
i REALLY love this thing, especially the efficiency and speed (phenomenal!). gonna start using it daily. i guess i will be one of those providing feedback. Great work!
winterrdog on HNInstalled it and out of the box this is the best new TUI editor I've tried, probably ever. There are so many great editors out there but I've never been a fan of modal editing,…
20after4 on HN
Objections
Installation via npm is odd for a Rust tool
From 1 comment
I'm a little annoyed that for a Rust based tool the recommended installation command is to use npm. Why? Is Cargo not good enough? Cargo seems exceptionally well to me.
giancarlostoro on HN
Keybinding conflicts with macOS and Windows mouse problems
From 3 comments
I tried it, I like it a lot, but I did find an issue straight away. I'm on MacOS and I have remapped the fn and command keys so it can be more like Windows (I can't undo 20+…
arkensaw on HNJust installed on both pop_os and windows 11. On Linux everything seems to work ok. On Windows 11 the mouse only moves to the start of a line, cannot select text at all click…
Sn0wCoder on HNselection is broken on mac eg cntrl+shift+right switches terminal tabs
byyoung3 on HN
Large binary and 544 dependencies
From 2 comments
400mb executable for a terminal text editor? Modern developers have lost their mind
WhereIsTheTruth on HNWow... the first impression is nice, but does this actually have 544 dependencies? Is it just me, or does that seem excessive for a TUI?
webnrrd2k on HN
Requests
Customizable key bindings UI
From 1 comment
I'll need to look into this, not sure what remapping does to the incoming key events. Also I'm already working on a ui for customizing the key bindings so you could do whatever…
_sinelaw_ on HN
Diff views
From 1 comment
Would love to see something for diff views (e.g. side-by-side/unified). I mostly program through CLI agents, and so seeing the changes it makes is probably the primary thing I…
createaccount99 on HN
VSCode extension compatibility
From 1 comment
Goood stuff! One of my long-standing "would make if I had the time and perseverance" themes has been a terminal text editor that's hugely VSCode-like + compatible, so always glad…
dualogy on HN
Questions
Does it work over SSH on older systems
From 2 comments
Would this work over SSH? I have many shells that I use for testing on different OSes and some of them have no working editors at all. I wonder what versions your binary builds…
Uptrenda on HNAs it's statically linked I don't see a reason it shouldn't work in any much older Linux as well. But I haven't tried yet.
_sinelaw_ on HN
Why GPL-2 instead of a permissive license
From 2 comments
Looking forward to giving this a try, especially on my first gen Raspberry Pi! :) What are the reasons behind going with GPL-2 instead of a more permissive license like MIT or…
jlundberg on HNInteresting license choice, would why did you choose version 2 instead of 3?
AbuAssar on HN
Alternatives named
micro
From 1 comment
You should put standard keyboard bindings as a pitch on the website as well. Most people in the market for a terminal editor are probably looking for something that doesn't…
amadeuspagel on HN
Neovim, Emacs, VS Code, Zed
From 2 comments
I have to say... I really like it. I was settled on NVim and VSCode, then I discovered Zed, which is fantastic. I guess you should not keep your life closed for new experiences.…
desireco42 on HNSublime, Atom, VSCode, and now Zed are all GUI-based. That's not bad - but I prefer the terminal (and I find tmux + ssh very convenient). I guess it's a matter of personal taste.…
_sinelaw_ on HN
Helix and Kakoune
From 1 comment
If you are doing TUI, you can't miss Kakoune and Helix as popular editors. Add them to your comparison benchmarks.
Shorel on HN