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That sounds like an academic exercise rather than anything practical

>>pinoy4+(OP)
It looks like the comment is posted to a wrong thread.

(FTR, the setup above is used for practical, mostly commercial programming; I've left academia without even finishing my post-grad study, decades ago.)

>>pinoy4+(OP)
In what world does the topic of setting up an editor have any academic value?

>>sorami+Zj
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/academic

3.b.

>>nine_k+22
I don’t believe they were referencing anything about literal higher education. In this context, saying something is an “academic exercise” is just a way of saying it’s being done more for one’s own edification, rather than any purely practical purposes.