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If VS Code is an endpoint to incremental improvements in text editing, then the next big thing that appears will involve a revolutionary approach.

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Text editing is mostly a solved problem, and arguably done better elsewhere. VS Code makes improvements on interacting with particular languages / DSLs.

better elsewhere

Like in unix tools or other text editors?

emacs and vim are super efficient, nearly infinite in keybindings, and fully programmable and extensible.

Except not doing ctrl-c ctrl-v easily. Or standard keybidings. I wonder if an offshoot with standard keys in a terminal based on vi would work (really simple and native, I used simple mode alas it almost were transparent but not quite. )

> Except not doing ctrl-c ctrl-v easily. Or standard keybidings.

I used to think like that but imho when you learn Vim registers it totally makes sense, plus if you're using it in a terminal emulator you can use ctrl-shift-c ctrl-shift-v. Now about Emacs I don't have much experience, but Doom-Emacs and Spacemacs use the System's clipboard by default.

Of course text editing is a "solved problem," just use a #2 pencil.

Solving a boring problem better is a thing new technology often does.

Ok, so tell me then what new things VS Code has brought to the table with regards to raw text editing. I'm not talking about LSP or IDE features.

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