I use nano for editing config files. vim doesn't come in the base package group on a lot of distros so it's often not worth it. The automatic line-wrapping has always been an annoyance so good to see they sorted it.
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Originally posted by schmidtbag View PostI 100% agree. Nothing wrong with vim but seriously, it's just a text editor.
I've used nano for years, because it's faster and easier to use. If I want the extra power, I'll use a graphical editor. Vim, to me, serves no advantage except if I need the advanced features on a system without a GUI.
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Originally posted by torsionbar28 View PostWhat does GUI have to do with it? Both nano and vim are character based, no?
While on a PC you can use GUI text editors and IDEs that are superior to Vim.
It's funny, I use vim because the commands are familiar to me, whereas nano is this confusing thing that I'm aware of but never have really used as I can't figure it out, lol.
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Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostHow in the fuck can you not figure out something (nano) that lists all available commands on the bottom of the screen.Last edited by torsionbar28; 24 March 2019, 03:53 PM.
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Originally posted by torsionbar28 View PostWhat does GUI have to do with it? Both nano and vim are character based, no? It's funny, I use vim because the commands are familiar to me, whereas nano is this confusing thing that I'm aware of but never have really used as I can't figure it out, lol.
Nano is as straight-forward as it gets. For the most part it works the same way as most graphical text editors except it has different keyboard shortcuts. But, it tells you what the keyboard shortcuts are at the bottom of the screen, so it's hard to screw it up. The only CLI text editor I've found to be easier is jed.
Originally posted by torsionbar28 View PostHow do I concatenate the next line with the current line?Last edited by schmidtbag; 24 March 2019, 04:41 PM.
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