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Visual editing is completely unnecessary - human mind can only read 1 line at a time, so there is no point in showing more than 1 line at a time on the screen.

Just use `ed`.




Real programmers flip bits directly at the hardware with a jumper cable.


Real programmers use butterflies.

https://xkcd.com/378/


As easy as M-x butterfly RET.


It is best practice anyway to know what you want to change upfront so using sed is perfectly sufficient.


Please refrain from posting GPT-generated posts on HN. Thank you, Megan Rain.




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