> it provides all of the features from vim I would want anyway, but in a modeless format > vim-like functionality with modeless editing > nano is a quite cap

> it provides all of the features from vim I would want anyway, but in a modeless format > vim-like functionality with modeless editing > nano is a quite capable editor in its own right but the only features that are mentioned are syntax highlighting and hiding the help text. Looking at the man pages for nano, it _is_ a lot more capable than I had previously though (though not as capable as vim or emacs), but the author doesn't really go into that.