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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I'm probably in the minority but I think it's fantastic! No extra baggage, super quick to work with, and it does syntax highlighting pretty well!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

There are dozens of us!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Nah man, I'm with you, nano is no nonsense get shit done editor. It might not have advanced features but I'm not an advanced man.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I also love it. It was my go-to back when I had to walk inexperienced sysadmins through configuring stuff, in my tech support days. I really appreciate all the commands being listed at the bottom.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just wait until you try Micro

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Bloat! Who needs an editor 1000 times the size of their previous one?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

It's also self explanatory, which is great if you're new.

Ed and Vim are basically arcane by comparison.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sure, but learning the very basics of vi/m (and by that I just mean navigation, selection, cutting, and word jumps like e and b), you'll immediately run circles around anyone using nano

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And by learning nano you'll run circles around everyone who struggles to remember how to fuck exit vi/m.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Fair enough haha

[–] zarkanian 1 points 1 day ago