How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VOnKMJqIL0

by progfolio • 3 years ago

326 126 3 years ago

progfolio14• 3 years ago

A lot of people don't know how.

Actually funny video, shows how absurd emacs can get. Although you don't know, someone might earn a living typing blimpy or a similar thing

progfolio14• 3 years ago

blimpy?

nobody99992• 3 years ago

I had to look it up myself and I'm guessing it's this blimpy[0].

But I haven't watched to video to confirm. YMMV.

[0] https://pypi.org/project/blimpy/

Tao33003• 3 years ago

The rogue blimpy optimizing AI will one day enslave us all into typing blimpy. If you know how to do it the Correct Way in Emacs, you'll get to live a little longer before your matter is harvested for the blimpy typing nanobots.

progfolio14• 3 years ago

limpy b limpy b limpy b

senkora• 3 years ago

This is fairly accurate.

Of course, you should really be using the Doom module or Spacemacs layer to add another level of abstraction that will definitively fix any issues you might have run into.

progfolio14• 3 years ago

blimpy.

jt2190• 3 years ago

https://github.com/progfolio/blimpy/

Tao33003• 3 years ago

I opened vim and tried to type "blimpy" and nothing happened. I also can't quit.

progfolio14• 3 years ago

:blimpy!

tempodox7• 3 years ago

  E492: Not an editor command: blimpy!

wincy• 3 years ago

Due to some disagreements in the vim community about typing blimpy not being a priority, I believe you have to download blimpyvim to get this working.

JamesLeonis• 3 years ago

Or set the compiler flag +blimpy if you're building it from source. I would still recommend tpope's vim-pagliacci plugin for the RECL.

EDIT: Read-Eval-Clown-Loop

DonHopkins3• 3 years ago

Just run a vimulator in emacs.

aidenn0• 3 years ago

Really? You should end up with "mpy" in your buffer. Maybe your configuration is messed up. Try deleting your .vimrc and try again.

Scarblac2• 3 years ago

Quitting hasn't changed in forever, just open a second terminal and killall vim.

thepostman0• 3 years ago

Unless you're on sunos...

layer82• 3 years ago

Why would you want to quit?

d-lisp3• 3 years ago

Best answer

alexvitkov• 3 years ago

you can use the following script to quit vim, it kills random processes until vim dies:

  while pgrep vim; do
      ps axuw | awk '{print $2}' | grep -v PID | shuf -n 1 | sudo kill -9
  done

tomjakubowski• 3 years ago

In Emacs the editor is the operating system. To type "blimpy" you download a software package and install it.

In Vim the editor is one part of a larger operating system, called Unix. To type blimpy in Vim, combine several Unix tools and read the output. Type this:

    :read ! cat /dev/urandom | LC_CTYPE=C tr -cd 'blimpy' | head -c 1000000 | fold -w 1 | sort | uniq | tr -d '\n'<RET>

(<RET> means "hit the RETURN key". don't type it!)

That gives us something just a little bit off but we can fix that with only three keystrokes. Just type:

lxp

Now you have blimpy!

worik• 3 years ago

I am not sure I approve of the inner mysteries being so paraded in public.

tempodox7• 3 years ago

Don't worry, people who don't have the emacs gene will be lost nevertheless.

Savely• 3 years ago

Those without the sixth finger.

cyclotron3k• 3 years ago

Couldn't have found this video at a better time - I have an assignment on blimpy due tomorrow.

progfolio14• 3 years ago

blimpy-mode forgave my student loan debt

shadowgovt3• 3 years ago

Oh, you had `helm` installed, I see.

C-x_C-f• 3 years ago

The C-u C-u trick at 2:03 is such a neat hack. Goes to show how with Emacs you don't have to compromise between customization and productivity: a true hacker can have both.

tempodox7• 3 years ago

Thank Stallman there's a package for that! Saved my butt countless times.

https://github.com/progfolio/blimpy/

roenxi3• 3 years ago

More than anything else I'm confused by the positive response this is getting.

* Very few people use Emacs

* Anyone who nevertheless is using Emacs should be willing to read documentation. The only way to learn Emacs is through reading the docs.

* As illustrated, copy-pasting a use-package clause is an easy way to get started with something. The pain point is the alternative ways to set a package up that are distracting.

* This doesn't hit the traditional Emacs stereotypes of crazy keyboard chords, insane customisability or digs at lisp syntax.

Can anyone articulate why there is a group of people who seem to really like this video?

progfolio14• 3 years ago

Can anyone articulate why there is a group of people who seem to really like this video?

blimpy

nvy• 3 years ago

one time I was in Kyrgyzstan staring down a band of armed marauders with AKs, me holding nothing but my pre-Lenovo Thinkpad. The battery had long since died (it only lasts about 38 minutes) and of course the WiFi doesn't work due to proprietary drivers but I was able to plug in the six-pound AC adapter to the back of a Unimog and after waiting for the 10 minute boot process to complete I quickly typed "C-c b" which is my personal keybind for blimpy. The marauders were so impressed that they gave me a camel and sent me on my way.

So I guess you could say that blimpy saves lives.

pjot• 3 years ago

I’ve never seen a Unimog reference in the wild before!

What an amazing machine.

fourthark• 3 years ago

Looking for better ways to type blimpy in my document.

shadowgovt3• 3 years ago

As a long time emacs user, I've definitely felt this sinking my teeth into a novel package and I imagine lots of people have felt the same.

The fact that emacs even has a coherent package story is a testament to people's dedication to making it work. On the surface, it should be impossible; the editor is so configurable that there was no particular guarantee that a coherent family of behaviors would emerge. But the fact that packages and package management not only exist but interoperate with each other speaks volumes to the dedication of the software engineers who made that happen.

Anyone who nevertheless is using Emacs should be willing to read documentation. The only way to learn Emacs is through reading the docs.

Ah, assuming that's how people learn things these days is our first mistake. ;) Emaxs does have excellent built-in documentation... But in the StackOverflow era, I think a lot of people learn their software by hopping from solution to solution instead of digesting all of the documentation.

phist_mcgee2• 3 years ago

Can you articulate why this isn't funny?

roenxi3• 3 years ago

Well... one of the things groups do to bond is they develop memes and in-jokes that are objectively nothing and exist only to show who is in- and out- of the group. One of the signs people are doing that is one word responses like "blimpy". That sort of activity is purposefully low-content because it is supposed to signal group membership and nothing more. Which is what I think this is. That turns up in every group although it can be a bit subtle at times.

But this is a bit weird because this isn't what Emacs users have traditionally bonded over. The traditional stuff is things like https://xkcd.com/378/ leaning on "Emacs does everything and has long key combinations". This is more saying the package manager is bad or something? Which isn't a traditional joke. So either this is a new group of Emacs users I'm not familiar with or there is a good joke here that I've missed.

And I optimistically asked for an explanation of the joke in case it is the latter. Based on the comments in response I think this is a wave of Emacs users I'm not familiar with doing group bonding. Which, fair enough. They do their thing. Although even then the number of people involved seems high and it'd be interesting to know where they are coming from.

globular-toast3• 3 years ago

I'm with you, I don't get it. Is this an example of the emperor's new clothes where nobody gets it (because it doesn't make sense) but pretends to find it funny because they assume it must be funny if only they understood emacs?

actionfromafar4• 3 years ago

How is that situation not funny? GNU is Not Unix…

progfolio14• 3 years ago

blimpy blimpy blimpy, blimpy blimp'y limpy b. blimpy blimpy blimpy limpy b blimp'y blimpy blimpy blimpy blimpy blimpy (limpy b blimp'y blimpy blimpy) blimpy blimpy limpy b blimpy blimpy blimpy blimpy limpy b blimpy blimpy blimpy limpy b limpy b?

Agreed

tmtvl• 3 years ago

It's Neodada.

tempodox7• 3 years ago

Didn't you see that sharky blimp in the GitHub repo? Or is it a blimpy shark? I find that funny. Also, as transpires elsewhere in this thread, “blimpy” seems to be an alternative spelling of “bloated”. Could be emacs users not taking themselves too seriously for a change. Refreshing!

And the comments here, how everyone's imagination goes off with associations and interpretations? I'm not even sure there is a single consistent explanation for all of this and how it's funny. Maybe it cannot really be explained. Forget reason for a minute, if you can, and just enjoy :)

noelwelsh• 3 years ago

To me it's just absurdist humour, like Monty Python.

I use Emacs and this video doesn't reflect my experience at all. (I use Doom Emacs, and stuff Just Works.)

aulin• 3 years ago

I believe it was mocking a redditor that has been spamming /r/emacs with short how to videos with somewhat complicated ways to do super trivial things.

snicker7• 3 years ago

“Unwashed masses” == vim converts.

384• 3 years ago

I wouldn't mind switching away from Vim, but I would never, EVER switch to Emacs. this video only scratches the surface of how bloated Emacs is.

progfolio14• 3 years ago

bloated

"blimpy"

Exuma4• 3 years ago

what dont you like about vim that would make you switch away from it? There's no universe where I can imagine doing that

cscurmudgeon• 3 years ago

Not funny. Double flagged by click on flag button twice.

If Stallman ever figures out how to watch YouTube in Emacs, someone is going to be in big trouble.

progfolio14• 3 years ago

limpy b :(

vincent-manis2• 3 years ago

Sorry, I thought it was very funny.

volemo• 3 years ago

What do you mean “if”? https://imgur.com/KsLQxNC

CmdrKrool• 3 years ago

In conjunction with the power of Magit this is going to make cranking out those pesky commit messages so much easier.

progfolio14• 3 years ago

--force-blimpy

b0afc375b5• 3 years ago

Hackernews during the weekends is something else.

progfolio14• 3 years ago

blimpy?

ivolimmen• 3 years ago

It is just as weird as typing in vim. ducks

layer82• 3 years ago

Duck typing?

pserwylo• 3 years ago

Those who enjoyed this should also have a laugh at:

"Vim Exit% Speedrun [WR - 2.50:13]"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLbfqZBL8t8

z500• 3 years ago

Why would I use blimpy-mode when you can access blimpytyper.net from any machine anyway?

mbakke• 3 years ago

Only if you have internet access. blimpy-mode is a lifesaver when travelling.

NotYourLawyer• 3 years ago

I run blimpytyperd locally and it’s pretty slick.

lacrimacida• 3 years ago

Is this supposed to be funny and Im not getting it? Can anyone kindly explain what am I missing out?

progfolio14• 3 years ago

limpy b

d-lisp3• 3 years ago

It is supposed to be funny, the author of the video is obviously faking seriousness while presenting a joke package for emacs. That's a kind of a sketch comedy with a computer.

Waterluvian2• 3 years ago

I know this is a joke, but people should really give Emacs a try.

Check out this interview about Emacs if you’re not convinced:

https://youtu.be/urcL86UpqZc?si=3ew2h0iI0FIT5Zmd

heyoni3• 3 years ago

You recommend using a framework like doom or building up your own config?

Waterluvian2• 3 years ago

Bruh. Emacs!

globular-toast3• 3 years ago

I'd recommend starting from scratch. The whole point of emacs is it's super easy to hack and make your own. So you'd just end up "undoing" everything in a starter kit anyway. But you should definitely look at those starter kits to see what you can do.

sobkas• 3 years ago

If you start with framework you might not learn enough to solve problems later, but using it later to simplify your config should be ok. For example ergoemacs http://ergoemacs.github.io/ is a nice way to make Emacs more ergonomic and easier to use(if having problems with default configuration).

p1mrx• 3 years ago

Blimpy? Chicken chicken chicken!

chicken: https://isotropic.org/papers/chicken.pdf

tempodox7• 3 years ago

I heard Chicken Scheme is especially efficient with that: http://www.call-cc.org

And Schemers do use emacs.

xg152• 3 years ago

It's actually very easy to type blimpy in ed, the standard text editor.

rwmj• 3 years ago

  $ ed
  blimpy
  ?
  exit
  ?
  quit
  ?
  stop
  ?
  go away
  ?
  ^C
  ?

elteto• 3 years ago

pulls power cable

Ah, so that’s how you do it!

tempodox7• 3 years ago

For the uninitiated:

https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html

There are good reasons that ed is the standard text editor.

xg152• 3 years ago

vincent-manis2• 3 years ago

I use Emacs as my daily driver, but everyone needs a quick editor for config files and the like. I started using GNU Nano for that purpose a year or so ago, but until then I was using ed. That would make it the longest-running program I've ever used: 1976 to 2022.

chromoblob2• 3 years ago

I wish Vim, when started in Ex mode, wouldn't set current cursor line to lowest regardless of whether the cursor is already on it. It wastes screen, making backscroll unusable. I researched ways to configure Vim not to do that and didn't find any one that works well together with Vim's terminal support. This is the only obstacle to using Vim like ed.

SonOfLilit• 3 years ago

Am I the only (former) emacs user in this thread very confused by the "--INSERT---" line at the bottom of the screen in this video? That's clearly a vi-ism?

Tao33003• 3 years ago

Evil mode, I guess

ravi-delia• 3 years ago

They're using evil mode! It briefly interfered with blimpy mode

How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]

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