PHphplovesong·Jun 28, 2024Submission
207 points · Open discussionbisqwit
that_editor
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bisqwit / that_editor
that_editor
*That* editor.
5Distinct people
5Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
480GitHub stars
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*That* editor.
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| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
5 sourcesIf I remember correctly, this was also the default editor in the early SuSE distributions or early Slackware. Joe is also used by Bisqwit (https://github.com/bisqwit/that_editor).
In WordStar: A Writer's Word Processor (1996)Yes. And in his editor README he explains why he has to use Borland C++
>I wrote the editor for 16-bit DOS because I thought there would be significant troubles trying to mix 16-bit interrupt callbacks with 32-bit protected-mode code. Also I don’t think I knew back then, that DJGPP has been as modernized as it indeed has. If it even was. So I used Borland C++ 3.1.
>This compiler by Borland was created before C++ was standardized, and it required me to make many sacrifices about style / sanity in the source code. For example, it did not support namespaces or templates. No STL! As such, the code is not representative of good programming practices for C++ programming, not by a long shot.
https://github.com/bisqwit/that_editor
In I wrote a Raytracer for DOS, 16 VGA colors (2011) [video]> What kind of editors is he using, anyway?
He's using his own editor:
https://github.com/bisqwit/that_editor
In I wrote a Raytracer for DOS, 16 VGA colors (2011) [video]Love bisqwit's videos.
For anyone curious how the mario animation is rendered in the editor: https://github.com/bisqwit/that_editor/blob/master/mario.cc
In I wrote a Raytracer for DOS, 16 VGA colors (2011) [video]