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When people don't know what ^X means - it's Linux, most tools are very specific of flags and the order in which you put them on the command line. So is nano sa

When people don't know what ^X means - it's Linux, most tools are very specific of flags and the order in which you put them on the command line. So is nano saying - SHIFT-[6](^)-SHIFT-X - SHIFT-[6](^)-x - CTRL-[6](^)-SHIFT-X - CTRL-[6](^)-x All I see is '^X', on my keyboard '^' is on 6. Why the hell isn't this working? Little does little Sally know that this is a UNIXism, carat means 'CTRL', X is really just 'x' - but how would Sally know? Sally was just trying to do a simple git commit to get used to using Linux in the first place. Is it little Sally's fault for not knowing? No! Will little Sally have a bad taste in her mouth due to using an unfamiliar tool? Yes. And there you go, little Sally has went on back to Windows. -1 user.

lynx23 4y ago
Is there a particular reason why you seem to imply that little knowledge == female? Sometimes the meme of "we need to mention girls more" works in unexpected directions if people are not careful.
- allarm 4y ago
  Sally is a quranic boy and girl name. Is there any particular reason why you seem to imply that the the comment above mentioned a female? There’s no indication of gender.
  - lynx23 4y ago
    Because Harry.
- _Algernon_ 4y ago
  If gender of hypothetical example persons is selected at random you'd expect a 50/50 ratio. Perhaps this example just happens to fall into the 50% that happen to be female? There is no reason to assume the worst. It only detracts from the discussion.
- latency-guy2 4y ago
  I think you're overly sensitive about things that aren't there
forgotpwd16 4y ago
>All I see is '^X', on my keyboard '^' is on 6. Fair. Have to say though if you just invoke `nano` (that is nano isn't opened with a file) there's a tooltip saying check 'Ctrl-G' which explains that ^ is Ctrl and M- is Alt.
tom_ 4y ago
If our protagonist is familiar with macOS, as is far from impossible, they may be less confused by the ^ prefix, which in macOS means Ctrl: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/cpmh0011/mac https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/cpmh0011/mac

lynx23 4y ago

Is there a particular reason why you seem to imply that little knowledge == female? Sometimes the meme of "we need to mention girls more" works in unexpected directions if people are not careful.

allarm 4y ago
Sally is a quranic boy and girl name. Is there any particular reason why you seem to imply that the the comment above mentioned a female? There’s no indication of gender.
- lynx23 4y ago
  Because Harry.
_Algernon_ 4y ago
If gender of hypothetical example persons is selected at random you'd expect a 50/50 ratio. Perhaps this example just happens to fall into the 50% that happen to be female? There is no reason to assume the worst. It only detracts from the discussion.
latency-guy2 4y ago
I think you're overly sensitive about things that aren't there

forgotpwd16 4y ago

>All I see is '^X', on my keyboard '^' is on 6. Fair. Have to say though if you just invoke `nano` (that is nano isn't opened with a file) there's a tooltip saying check 'Ctrl-G' which explains that ^ is Ctrl and M- is Alt.

tom_ 4y ago

If our protagonist is familiar with macOS, as is far from impossible, they may be less confused by the ^ prefix, which in macOS means Ctrl: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/cpmh0011/mac https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/cpmh0011/mac