Nano 8.0 Text Editor Released With Modern Bindings Option

[wertigon]

Micro is just a better editor in every single way, including "normal" bindings, other than install size. And it's still only 12.5 MB on disk.

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In this context anything above 2 MB is huge.

[Old Grouch]

However at the same time I am thinking who the hell decided that Ctrl+C/V was sensible for copy paste.

It probably made a lot of sense in the early 80s on an Apple.

C is the first letter of Copy.
X looks similar to a deletion/crossing (Xing) out of text - it means something different when actually proof-reading.
V looks similar to an insertion mark marking where to place text when proof-reading a page

X and C, and C and V are adjacent on English keyboards, which also helps with remembering the functionality.

Edit to add: coming from a VAX/VMS background where CTRL-C interrupts a running command procedure, it took a while for me to get used to using it to copy text. I was used to using EDT and EVE/TPU. The origin of using CTRL-X, CTRL-C, and CTRL-V is related in this article:

https://hackaday.com/2021/01/20/the-origin-of-cut-copy-and-paste/

[waxhead]

It probably made a lot of sense in the early 80s on an Apple.

Of course - especially on Apple which was essentially made for (not necessary by) people that did not like computers. IBM's (and others) CUA was a nice attempt, but we all know what happened....

[bug77]

It probably made a lot of sense in the early 80s on an Apple.

It still does today: C stands for "copy", it's easy to remember. X and V were chosen because they're adjacent to C so you can do the operations with the least amount of finger moving.

[luckylucky]

I'm more than happy since I moved from Nano to micro editor. I totally recommend it.

[Lachu]

Hi.
What if we would like to open testfile:128 instead of testfile and jump to line 128?

[nadir]

I'm more than happy since I moved from Nano to micro editor. I totally recommend it.

Just gave it a try and must say that I think it's much nicer than Nano. Wish distros would make that their default instead.

As a vim user, if I have a chance of installing anything, I'd of course install that, so I won't make much use of it.

[George99]

Wasted space. Everyone should have their text editor shortcuts memorized.

Maybe I could memorize them but I am afraid of losing older stuff in my limited brain like who scored four touchdowns in one game at Polk High?

[F.Ultra]

Hi.
What if we would like to open testfile:128 instead of testfile and jump to line 128?

what do you mean? nano doesn't use filename:linenum, it uses "+128 testfile" to open testfile at line 128

[WebMac]

Nano serves its purpose and I have used plenty. But in cases where I have it available, for things where it works well I have become a Micro guy myself

https://micro-editor.github.io/

That's what I'm using as well. The only downside I experienced was copy & paste from a system I was sshed into. But as far as I know that's my own fault and that could be fixed in some way...