By Jove It’s a Lightweight Alternative to Vim

Some people like Vim as a text editor, and other people like Emacs. Having such different opinions are the way of the UNIX world. I’m an Emacs user through and through. Sure, I spent a few obligatory years in my early days of UNIX using Vim, but once I le… Read more

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