yknow what I'm gonna come out and say it. The only CLI editor I use is nano 🤠

2 years ago · 👍 bavarianbarbarian, giveemwatts, sugar

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nano is perfectly adequate and that was me until very recently too. But I’m quite in love with Helix Editor now 😊 · 2 years ago

Nothing wrong with nano. It's relatively simple to use and works great for most text editing use. Although I mostly have moved to vim, I still use nano from time to time for quick editing. · 2 years ago

I used only nano for years and years and still do at times, but I also really like the editor micro... keep being intrigued by Emacs but man.... the learning curve · 2 years ago

same here! I don't understand why it's such a big deal; or why people make such a fuss about text editors. all that matters is whether or not it suits your needs, y'know? · 2 years ago

This is very brave of you to admit. Honestly I do like using nano better than vim but I'm still using vim to try and force myself to learn it. · 2 years ago

I know everyone is a vi/vim fan but listen: I don't understand it 🥸 · 2 years ago

vi, nothing else... not because i like it, just because it is available everywhere... · 2 years ago

I used it for a long time too. Since I started my OpenBSD journey though I've been using vanilla vi exlusively. Though I am considering maybe switching to Neovim due to all the plugins for NLP and git integration etc... Never really treied emacs though (sorry @jo). · 2 years ago

I would hate to start an editor war but.......vi · 2 years ago

I do like emacs but apart from all the (useful but) much more complicated hotkeys, I often get disconnected and then i gotta live with thousands of savefiles~ or even #savefiles# · 2 years ago