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Fedora Approves of Making Nano the Default Terminal Text Editor
- Slackwise 6y agoAs much as I love vi, this makes sense.
- caymanjim 6y agoAgreed. When nano unexpectedly pops up, I'm confused, have no idea how to do anything, or even how to exit, but I'm a power-nerd and I can quickly figure it out. When someone who's never used Vi unexpectedly finds themselves in it, they're far worse off. I know nano is trivial to learn, but I run into it so rarely that I haven't bothered. There's enough help on-screen for me to escape and that's as far as I've gotten.
- bdavis__ 6y agoanother piece of our history and shared culture passes into oblivion.
- amadeuspagel 6y agoMicro[1] would be a better choice. Has normal keybindings, works more or less as you'd expect. [1] https://micro-editor.github.io/ https://micro-editor.github.io/