The editor war isn't over yet :D
https://github.com/zachcurry/emacs-anywhere (here)
vs.
https://github.com/cknadler/vim-anywhere + https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16395379
Nice to see them both still in use :-)
https://github.com/zachcurry/emacs-anywhere (here)
vs.
https://github.com/cknadler/vim-anywhere + https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16395379
Nice to see them both still in use :-)
"Because we use vi, son. They use emacs."
let's do nano-everywhere!
Seriously, what voice commands would be better than clacking on a keyboard?
For code structure we have AST-fueled refactoring tools, auto linters, auto formatters... the main problem with these is that you're forcing people to use a single IDE/editor with a particular set of plugins with a particular configuration. And usually it's not even VIM or Emacs!
Think higher level than next Word, next word.
Pretend you aren’t hunched over the keyboard with your fingers at the ready.
And I didn’t say replace the keyboard.
You could re-implement the Vim command building language in a natural language. You'll hit walls sooner or later.
Don't get me wrong, it would be awesome for ergonomics and a pretty powerful tool, but for now Google Assistant has issues in recognizing if I want a timer for 13 or 30 minutes. 1/5 of speech recognition searches are gibberish, especially when I use own names.
Correcting a typo takes far less time than backtracking speech - that's one of the main issues I see when people use any speech-to-text converter. People weigh their words carefully or they're in a world of pain trying to backtrack an error.
If we supplement the keyboard then what is faster and easier to do?
"replace all" $potato "with" $banana > hit enter < OR say "enter"
s/potato/banana/g
If you have an actual use case in mind that would dwarf keyboard input then give an example, please.
“Create function userName that returns a string”
“Rename current function to lastName”
“Rename variable myVariableName to newVariableName then run app”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SkdfdXWYaI
The key is that he basically made up his own language to handle some things like special characters.
Here's a synopsis of the talk http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/using_voice_to_code.html
Couldn't find the repo for the dragon stuff he promised to publish on his GH profile :/.
Edit: Found this summary he re-tweeted recently https://medium.com/bambuu/state-of-voice-coding-2017-3d2ff41....