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Ask HN: Is there an editor with insert mode and free cursor?
2 by themodelplumber | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Looking for an editor (Linux) with insert mode and free cursor movement, i.e. you can place cursor anywhere and start typing in any random column without having to pad lines with spaces first. This is kind of a nice feature from one of my Casio pocket organizers from the '90s. Thanks for any tips.