Comment on JOVE – Jonathan’s Own Version of EmacsComments−nannaOP1yFound this intro to Jove helpful:https://opensource.com/article/17/1/jove-lightweight-alterna...Think I might actually use it when I need to make a quick edit to something in the terminal, instead of `nano` or `emacs -nw`−musicale1yHow small is it? The Jove executable is roughly 150KWhich counts as small now that nano has ballooned to ~400KB?For comparison, Turbo Pascal packed an entire x86 IDE into ~40KB.[1][1] https://prog21.dadgum.com/116.html−messe1yYou should look into mg. It's included in OpenBSD's base system, and plenty of other systems have it present in their package manager.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mg_(text_editor)−geoffpado1yPre-installed on macOS since 2019 (when it replaced Emacs), too.−nannaOP1yHadn't hear of mg. Thanks!
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Found this intro to Jove helpful:
https://opensource.com/article/17/1/jove-lightweight-alterna...
Think I might actually use it when I need to make a quick edit to something in the terminal, instead of `nano` or `emacs -nw`
Which counts as small now that nano has ballooned to ~400KB?
For comparison, Turbo Pascal packed an entire x86 IDE into ~40KB.[1]
[1] https://prog21.dadgum.com/116.html
You should look into mg. It's included in OpenBSD's base system, and plenty of other systems have it present in their package manager.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mg_(text_editor)
Pre-installed on macOS since 2019 (when it replaced Emacs), too.
Hadn't hear of mg. Thanks!