I was checking in my notes from 2019, that before using https://enso.sonnet.io, I used Calmly Writer

https://www.calmlywriter.com/online/

Pretty similar but w/o the fading lines. What do you use to write your texts?

@eaplmx@twtxt.net neovim with the plugin goyo and limelight.

I also made a little script that let me create notes quickly, they get saved with a timestamp in a specific folder automatically.

If I need to log something I sometimes use a simple alias to write one-liners on a file with the twtxt format, a simple echo like the one here at the end of the page.

@justamoment@twtxt.net I’ve been trying to learn (neo)vim and replace Nano, VS Code and VStudio, but has been a difficult curve.

Creating quick notes sounds like a simple case to practice.

@eaplmx@twtxt.net @tkanos@twtxt.net when I decided to use vim I started with the barebone install and just forced myself to use it exclusively, the only things I checked out before starting where how to move, input text and save, then when I got stuck I searched for solutions with proper commands and, if unavailable, looked for the simplest and more lightweight plugins around.

After a while I became good enough to use it for my daily needs at home and work almost exclusively.

This entire process took me only 2 weeks.

My process to learn new tools is the same for everything else, pick the tool up, try doing the essential, and learn what you need as you go.

You’ll become productive faster and won’t get frustrated because you won’t need to wait until you know everything.

@abucci@anthony.buc.ci I use VSCode on Ubuntu and Win, how inconvenient is to use Codium talking about the updates, plug-ins and such?

@prologic@twtxt.net you use VSCode with Neovim? I don’t know how that’s posible, is that a plugin inside Neovim?

I think, if I have to upgrade my workflow, emacs will be the only one I’ll try.

@akoizumi@social.kyoko-project.wer.ee how do you work with emacs?

Do you keep a window as a server running and spawn clients or what?

I tend to switch in and out of my editor quite often and need a fast startup time.

@eaplmx@twtxt.net neovim has a kind of server that allows other editors to connect with it’s core (don’t know the details), neovim itself use it too, there’s even a browser plugin too that enables vim in any textarea.

@prologic@twtxt.net another way to use neovim with intellisense is with onivim while being native to some extend.

I’m using pure neovim though, no other frontend matches my need better than the original.

@mckinley@twtxt.net I sometimes try to reset my setup but still needs some “external” help to do some stuff, but I’m getting there too.

The biggest issue I have is with native omnicompletion that don’t work nice with es6 JavaScript and python that don’t work on more than one file.

Have you managed to do something on that regard or you just go without completion?