Flow – A Programmer's Text Editor

Posted by css_apologist 7 hours ago

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Comment by nylonstrung 32 minutes ago

This has quickly become my favorite TUI text editor, even though it seemed like "yet another editor" when I first came across it

As someone who doesn't like modal options I used nano, micro, and ox in that order but Flow is a much nicer product than those 3

If you like helix it can also just us the modal editing and keybinds from it as well

Comment by cake-rusk 2 hours ago

I have rarely ever seen a problem and thought to myself I need multiple cursors. I admit it's useful for data wrangling but programming?

What are people using it for? I would love to see some real world usage.

Comment by judahcr 2 hours ago

I use multi-cursor editing daily. It’s very useful for aligning code, quick name changes, joining/expanding to multiple lines, etc.

Works best when paired with a "duplicate cursor at next match" keybind.

Comment by cake-rusk 19 minutes ago

Find and replace does all of this, right?

Comment by rk06 2 hours ago

multiple cursor is basic editor 101.

programmer' text editor need to have it as bare minimum. otherwise, i would have to go to sublime or vscode for text editing and then I will wonder why should I bother with this editor.

Comment by cake-rusk 20 minutes ago

Yes I get that its a basic requirement for some people. I am asking why.