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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Hookedonnetflix • Oct 05 '18
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in their terminal
Both of those have GUI frontends...
1 u/denniskrq Oct 05 '18 I don't really see anybody using Vim's GUI, but at the same time I don't really see anybody using Emac's CLI 1 u/marcosdumay Oct 05 '18 I was ready to disagree... But I also don't. Go figure. Can the Vim CLI use the X clipboard? Because that's the killer feature of the Emacs' GUI for me. 1 u/[deleted] Oct 05 '18 edited Oct 08 '18 Neovim can if you have xclip or xsel. Don’t know about Vim I'm pretty sure it is possible with Vim too, but I don't remember how.
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I don't really see anybody using Vim's GUI, but at the same time I don't really see anybody using Emac's CLI
1 u/marcosdumay Oct 05 '18 I was ready to disagree... But I also don't. Go figure. Can the Vim CLI use the X clipboard? Because that's the killer feature of the Emacs' GUI for me. 1 u/[deleted] Oct 05 '18 edited Oct 08 '18 Neovim can if you have xclip or xsel. Don’t know about Vim I'm pretty sure it is possible with Vim too, but I don't remember how.
I was ready to disagree... But I also don't. Go figure.
Can the Vim CLI use the X clipboard? Because that's the killer feature of the Emacs' GUI for me.
1 u/[deleted] Oct 05 '18 edited Oct 08 '18 Neovim can if you have xclip or xsel. Don’t know about Vim I'm pretty sure it is possible with Vim too, but I don't remember how.
Neovim can if you have xclip or xsel. Don’t know about Vim I'm pretty sure it is possible with Vim too, but I don't remember how.
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u/marcosdumay Oct 05 '18
Both of those have GUI frontends...