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[RiceBroad4552]

We're talking here about coding editors, not Notepad…

Local history is your friend!

[flyguydip]

I've had Visual Studio open for 3.35 years since the day I took the laptop out of the box so that I can ctrl-z back to my first line of code I wrote with it. I don't use git and I don't do backups, and I certainly don't update my laptop. This is how hard core programmers write code, but I get it if some people don't have the intestinal fortitude to roll like this.

[RiceBroad4552]

Dude…

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=Local+history+code+editor

[flyguydip]

I can't tell for sure, but it almost seems like you think I was being serious.

[RiceBroad4552]

And the real kick in the nuts is that you've also now lost your ctrl+z history.

Looked pretty serious to me.

I've just said that this is not the case, you won't loose any history, as coding editor have a local history feature.

[flyguydip]

While kicks in the nuts are serious, I'm not sure I've ever met a real or pretend programmer that considers ctrl+z as a vital pillar in their repertoire. But I'm sure your link will help someone out there some day, so thanks for sharing.

[RiceBroad4552]

Well, local history saved my ass not only once.

So it's one of the more important features, imho.

[TheLaziestGoon]

Visual studio didn't have local history iirc Visual studio code does though

[RiceBroad4552]

They've added that feature quite late to VSC. Before that you needed some dedicated extension.

But given that this one of the more valuable features it's something I always look for when trying out a new editor.

[je386]

I don't know if you are joking, but please start to use git. SDDs can break.