there are far worse choices. for quick stuff, i either emacs -q or nano more or less interchangably, and in my larval stage i lived in nano (and pine!) for man

there are far worse choices. for quick stuff, i either emacs -q or nano more or less interchangably, and in my larval stage i lived in nano (and pine!) for many years happily enough. These days, i find that my movement key memory will betray me in nano at the worst time(s), so i tend to stick with emacs -q -nw for light-and-fast stuff, but when that's annoying to obtain, i'll happily fall back and think more carefully about my keystrokes.