Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderI've been writing code for ten years, I've been fairly comfortable in vim at times, customizing it and navigating with the keyboard full time. I find myself using the mouse all the time, and I don't understand this obsession with mouse-less text editing. The mouse lets me perform selections, and with some key-combos in sublime text sets me up for multiple cursor editing very nicely, in ways that would be much much more complex if I were trying to do…
Onivim 2 is a retro-futuristic modal editor - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27627275 - June 2021 (132 comments)
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 207
- Total comments
- 160
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-04 | Oni – Modern Modal EditingFirst breakout · Best thread | jbernardo95 | 110 | 85 |
| 2019-06-23 | Onivim 2 | arthurz | 3 | 0 |
| 2020-05-11 | Onivim 2: Modal Editing from the Future | RMPR | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-07-06 | Onivim 2 – Modal Editing from the Future | stepstop | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-09-05 | Onivim 2 – A retro-futuristic modal editorLatest 20+ point return | philonoist | 89 | 75 |