NeoVim users report discovering similar data loss
3 Sep 27 11:25 AM · 1d ago · 2 comments · 1 source · development 3 of 4
A NeoVim user comments that the essay prompted painful realization they may have suffered the same undo data loss after a version upgrade without realizing it at the time.
“As a Neovim user, this stopped me dead with painful realization: I may have suffered the same thing but didn't realize it.”
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Marcin Wichary UX designer and vim userNeoVim developers Open-source maintainersJef Raskin Computing pioneer and author
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As a Neovim user, this stopped me dead with painful realization: I may have suffered the same thing but didn't realize it. There was a time when I could not undo something, and it was after a Neovim upgrade.Unlike Dr. Chisnall, I started my editor journey on Neovim, so it wasn't a transition that bit me. However, if the format of the persistent…
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Software developers do sometimes make promises to their users, but I think these promises ought to be explicit rather than assumed. You can't simply assume a "duty of care" and expect that other people will understand them the same way you do.(Or rather, you can, but you will likely be disappointed.)
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