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I can't think of any program which works like Nano. On the flip side, both man and less provide vim-style navigation. Isn't man the first program we recommend e
by 1MachineElf 4y ago
I can't think of any program which works like Nano. On the flip side, both man and less provide vim-style navigation. Isn't man the first program we recommend everyone use?
On the flip side, there is GNU info, readline, and bash. The latter two of which sport emacs-style navigation by default, but also support vim-style too. Perhaps where we went wrong collectively was indulging the emacs users such that people like yourself could eventually say "Vim as the default editor is a terrible idea: Because its user interface differs significantly from how every other program on the system works."
- vbezhenar 4y agoman does not provide any navigation. It just feeds its output to PAGER which happened to be `less` on your system. On a more bare-bones system man can feed its output to `more`. Which does not provide vim-style navigation, at least its GNU version.
- astrange 4y agoWhat doesn’t work like nano? Arrow keys work, backspace deletes, it’s like a GUI text field. Saving a file is a bit weird but it’s nothing compared to every emacs command being an unlabeled fighting game combo.