cake-rusk
4 hours ago
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.
judahcr
4 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
2 hours ago
Find and replace does all of this, right?
viralsink
2 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.
MoonZ
2 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.
rk06
4 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
2 hours ago
Yes I get that its a basic requirement for some people. I am asking why.