• mub
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      123 months ago

      I like Nano. I think it is quite good. There, I said it.

      • @J4g2F@lemmy.ml
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        93 months ago

        Edit a file, writing a quick shell script or whatever in the terminal. Nano is great. I don’t see any use in learning vim or emacs. If I need something more I’m going use a gui editor anyway.

        Don’t get triggered anyone it’s just my preference

        • @bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world
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          13 months ago

          This is my thought process exactly.

          I get it, for a power user, vim is probably incredibly powerful. However, I just want to edit text files. I don’t want a text editor where I need a cheat sheet just to save my changes and quit.

          • The Quuuuuill
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            13 months ago

            Funny, that’s what I hate about Nano. The key binds seem completely random to me and the programs solution to this is to display a cheatsheet on the screen

            • @bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world
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              13 months ago

              Control+W = "Where is," Control+O = "Overwrite", Control+X = “Exit.”

              Makes just enough sense to me, and those are really the only three binds I ever need for editing config files.

              I don’t want to come off like a vim hater, because I do believe it when people say it’s powerful, but… I don’t need powerful. I just need to edit text files.