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Why not just use nano where all the common operations are labeled clearly at the bottom of the screen?
by hresvelgr 3y ago
Why not just use nano where all the common operations are labeled clearly at the bottom of the screen?
- pvg 3y agoThe author answers that in the linked thing, the short of it is for the vim features that nano doesn't have.
- j2kun 3y agoI wonder which sort of features they could have in mind, if learning the basic modes is too hard for the intended user of the plugin.
- pvg 3y agoThey mention that as well - syntax highlighting is one example.
- saagarjha 3y agonano of course has syntax highlighting, so I’m curious where it falls short.
- diggan 3y agoDoes it have syntax highlighting for the same amount of languages as vim does, out of the box? I just installed nano-7.2-1 and opened a HTML file with `nano test.html` and it opened without syntax highlight, I can see the point in authors endeavor if syntax highlighting out of the box is what they're looking for.
- shortrounddev2 3y agoI feel like if yiu want a fully featured IDE with language highlighting, debugging breakpoints, and code completion, but at the same time you want more ergonomic user interface, you should just use VSCode instead of doing everything in the terminal
- wanderingstan 3y agoAs the author states, this is for people who do most things in a different (modal) editor and just need a terminal editor on occasion.