[xuejie]

I've been using micro as my main code editor(well I do use vscode for writing coq but that's the only exception) after 10+ years' time with emacs. I simply treat micro as the modern compromised version of acme. It almost has all the features to support the core idea of acme, I have written a plugin to exploit this direction: https://github.com/xxuejie/micro-acme So far it has been working perfectly for me.

[cmrdporcupine]

I keep trying stripped down terminal editors as alternatives to emacs -- because these days I use like 1% of emacs anyways -- but I always severely miss the common emacs major modes for C/C++ etc and especially its approach to indentation there (tab to force correct indent). I really wish other editors would follow this convention.

[drbaba]

> I really wish other editors would follow this convention.

In editors with configurable keyboard shortcuts, you can bind this to tab yourself. For example, in Vim, the normal-mode command `==` would correctly reindent the current line. (Here, `=` is an operator, so you can also apply it to other regions like `=i{` to reindent correctly everything inside braces.)

To bind tab to reindent correctly in normal and visual mode, you can put this in your vimrc:

    nnoremap <tab> ==
    vnoremap <tab> =

You can also remap it in insert mode if you want, but then you might want to throw some if-statements in there to determine when to indent and when to reindent :)

[alberth]

Knowing nothing about micro, is there a reason why development has slowed down over the last 1-2 years?

https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/tags

[zyedidia]

A big reason is because I started a working towards a PhD recently, and so I've been more focused on that. I think micro has also reached a relatively stable spot, where it would only be significantly improved with some large new features. It is serving its purpose well as a simple/familiar terminal-based editor. I have plans to give it more love and release a version 3, but no timeframe.

[xuejie]

Like other comments here, just want to say thank you for this amazing editor! It has been my primary code editor for the past few years. I did use a few different editors for specific purposes(vscode for interactively proving coq code, joe/nvi for editing super large files), but micro does provide what I need in 90% of the cases :P

[MattyRad]

I recognize that username :) Thank you so much for micro, it's singlehandedly the best terminal editor I've ever used, and I use it every day!

[az09mugen]

Thank you so much for micro ! I've been using it every day since 1 year and I'm a fan. I'm really glad you achieved to bring it to a stable spot. Congratulations also to keep it that way and not fall into 'a vim mode could be great' as some users requested.

[cssanchez]

As a faithful user of micro for the last couple of years, just know that its one of the first things I install in a new system along with the fish shell, especially in servers I have to manage via console. Thank you so much for your work!

[oblio]

Hi! Great editor!

It could use a fix for saving hidden files on Windows :-(

[aslilac]

because it's a text editor that's already fully capable of editing text. not every thing needs to constantly evolve and add features at a break-neck pace.

[alberth]

Emacs, which is ~40 years-old, still regularly has multiple updates per year.

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/history.html

[fermentation]

You can order pizza and get a quote for a mortgage within emacs

[KingMob]

Oh yeah! Good ol' C-x M-x M-pepperoni-fixed-rate...

[antics9]

Same here. Went from Emacs to Acme, while using mg in the terminal. Now I’ve customised Micro to get that Acme feel.