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Vim³ – Vim rendered on a cube for no reason

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> With all due respect, I think you're a dolphin

> The big question here: Why?

> You may not share our intellect which might explain your disrespect for all the natural wonders that grow around you

> So long, so long and thanks for all the fish

https://github.com/oakes/vim_cubed/pull/34/files

> How do i stop the cube from spinning

> no

The best part of the entire pointless effort.

Disagree. The bulleted “I use arch btw” at the bottom of the frequently asked questions is even more hilarious if you ask me.

It's not surprising that vim would have a simple two letter keystroke to stop the cube spinning.

3000 AD:

Earl: Bob, why are you running that ancient software on your holocube?

Bob: I finally got my vim config file exactly the way I want it!

For reference: https://xkcd.com/1782/

Has anybody used this a lot? I'm curious if it's something you can grow accustomed to, and if so, whether switching back to a normal editor will induce a strange sensation of the normal editor spinning in some way (similar to the Tetris effect.)

(I tried using it myself the last time it was posted, but it made me nauseous.)

Couldn't handle it for more than 10 minutes

Somebody fork it and make the cube rotate only when flipping between buffers

that would actually be cool. I could see it boosting productivity.

If this existed I would drive it daily

Compiz cube can already do this with your entire desktop circa 2006. I remember being quite delighted with it when I first installed Ubuntu but it was never very practical. I still miss wobbly windows though

I miss the old Aero Windows-Tab thing, that was neat

Kinda like the GameCube, I like it

https://youtu.be/Tve6ZBZaDsI

I remember always being scared when that menu popped up, because the only times I ever saw it were when something was broken.

I'm sure there were good reasons to want to get to it, but I was too young to know any.

Your Vim has been crushed into a cube. You have 30 minutes to :q! your cube.

We need to get Vim³ running in SimulaVR: https://github.com/SimulaVR/Simula

> Most people use vim in two stupid dimensions. But not me. I use it in three

Brilliant.

Hi, I have a question about Vim and Bash.

If I type ":w[Enter]" and then quickly thereafter CTRL-Z, will my file be completely saved before Vim is suspended? Or can the suspend operation happen in the middle of the saving operation?

The latter, if you're unlucky. You may be interested to know that :suspend is a command.

Thanks. I guess it would be nice if CTRL+Z mapped to :suspend under the hood.

:map W :w!<Return>:suspend<Return>

This has no error handling and I don’t know how to make a new :command but it might hint you along to an answer.

Take your ctrl sequences and go back to Emacs ;-)

Heh heh. That’s why they call this “Hacker News.”

I got some vibes from Ubuntu Compiz.

take this, bret victor!

Media for Doing the Unthinkable.

Wow great Christmas present keep developing silly cubes.

maybe automatically switch from dark mode to light mode at sunrise in Uganda, and switch back at sunset?

but how do I close it

:q!3

https://github.com/hakluke/how-to-exit-vim

hell yeah

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