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.
Bjartr 1 hours ago [-]
I'm curious too. I find it an occasionally useful feature, but how often I use it goes down as my ability to construct better find-replace/apply-action regex goes up.
judahcr 9 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.
cake-rusk 7 hours ago [-]
Find and replace does all of this, right?
viralsink 6 hours ago [-]
Multi cursor edits feel nice during flow state, they let your brain stay in "edit" mode. However I only use them for edits of around 20-30 lines at a maximum.
Another use case for me is extracting interesting information from debug logs, where I don't want to think of a regex and the lines are similar enough.
rk06 9 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.
cake-rusk 7 hours ago [-]
Yes I get that its a basic requirement for some people. I am asking why.
MoonZ 6 hours ago [-]
Extracting log entries from large files for troubleshooting, mass editing, mass formatting...
This missing feature is the only reason I wasn't able to get far with the vim family: I didn't find a close enough way to do the same tasks as efficiently.
hamiecod 7 hours ago [-]
Neovim with a few extensions installed by default. What other features does it have?
nylonstrung 7 hours 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
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What are people using it for? I would love to see some real world usage.
Works best when paired with a "duplicate cursor at next match" keybind.
Another use case for me is extracting interesting information from debug logs, where I don't want to think of a regex and the lines are similar enough.
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.
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