On 1 July 2023 7:50:20 am NZST, fo...@dnmx.org wrote: >Vim is also bloated as hell at over 700000 SLOC (including comments and >everything, wc -l).. I'd rather just use pre-installed `vi`.. >I did use Vim in the past. I do miss it, that's why I started my own text >editor that will be (I hope) as minimalistic as Vi, but as functional as Vim. >I seen there's vim-tiny or something? But I don't trust it to be suckless.
Don't take the "bloat" meme too far. Not all large programs are bad and not all small programs are good. Vim is a great editor, it is large because editing is a pretty comprehensive activity. You couldn't fit the functionality of vim in a smaller package and I don't think you could build it out of separate Unix-y pieces. You can also compile out a lot of the bloat features like the terminal emulator. Cheers, Miles
