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@majestictechie@lemmy.fosshost.com to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 8 months ago

How dare you use a text editor because it's easy to use

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How dare you use a text editor because it's easy to use

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@majestictechie@lemmy.fosshost.com to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 8 months ago
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  • @psycho_driver@lemmy.world
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    93•8 months ago

    nano friends rise up!

    • @lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.de
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      24•8 months ago

      I too use nano.

      alias nano="vi -y"

      • @fin@sh.itjust.works
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        4•8 months ago

        Just tried it in my terminal and I couldn’t exit, lol

        • @lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.de
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          2•8 months ago

          sorry, i didn’t tell how to quit. it’s ctrl+q

          • @fin@sh.itjust.works
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            2•8 months ago

            Thanks, I finally got my access to the terminal back.

            • @lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.de
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              1•8 months ago

              just when you thought you knew how to exit vim lol
              also, this is vim’s “easy” mode.

      • @fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de
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        2•8 months ago
        ln -sf /bin/nano /bin/vi
        
    • mub
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      12•8 months ago

      I like Nano. I think it is quite good. There, I said it.

      • @J4g2F@lemmy.ml
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        9•8 months ago

        Edit a file, writing a quick shell script or whatever in the terminal. Nano is great. I don’t see any use in learning vim or emacs. If I need something more I’m going use a gui editor anyway.

        Don’t get triggered anyone it’s just my preference

        • @bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world
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          This is my thought process exactly.

          I get it, for a power user, vim is probably incredibly powerful. However, I just want to edit text files. I don’t want a text editor where I need a cheat sheet just to save my changes and quit.

          • The Quuuuuill
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            1•8 months ago

            Funny, that’s what I hate about Nano. The key binds seem completely random to me and the programs solution to this is to display a cheatsheet on the screen

            • @bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world
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              Control+W = "Where is," Control+O = "Overwrite", Control+X = “Exit.”

              Makes just enough sense to me, and those are really the only three binds I ever need for editing config files.

              I don’t want to come off like a vim hater, because I do believe it when people say it’s powerful, but… I don’t need powerful. I just need to edit text files.

    • Alexaral
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      4•8 months ago

      Well hello there!

    • @GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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      Looks like you only got one so far.

      • @ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml
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        23•8 months ago

        There are dozens of us!

      • @scorp@lemmy.ml
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        0•8 months ago

        nah you’re wrong

        • @GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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          1•8 months ago

          Why do you all say that? There were no replies when I added mine so that’s why I said what I said.

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