From: Gregory Chamberlain <greg@cosine.blue>
To: Alex <bybor@yandex.ru>
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Subject: Re: How to Pronounce Any English Word
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 02:19:17 +0100
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Alex <bybor@yandex.ru> writes:

> I used this plugin https://github.com/dahu/vim-ipa for something, and
> it was pretty handy. But it has a dependency on a base library from
> the same author, so I wanted to find something lighter than that. But
> it was a pretty smooth experience and I really like the
> approach. Gonna use it again.
>
> As for piping input/output, I'm on Windows, which probably complicates
> things.

If vim-ipa is what you=E2=80=99re comfortable using, that=E2=80=99s great.

It looks like it works by converting a selected region of the buffer,
which is exactly what I had in mind for this sed program, except that it
would work with any editor that supports piping through an external
program.  The ASCII conversion table used by vim-ipa would be a good
standard to follow for such a program.  I may try writing it!  Should be
fairly straightforward.

> Emacs for me is like changing a keyboard layout to Dvorak or Colemak -
> totally worth it, but there are so much things to spend time on, at
> least sometimes. But it's good to know what else is there. :)

Yes, there is certainly an adjustment period but if you *do* want to try
Emacs then don=E2=80=99t let that stop you.  Plenty of people get by using
evil-mode 99% of the time and learning just enough of the standard key
bindings to get around.

- Greg