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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know why Micro hasn't completely replaced Nano in the Linux world.
Wait, yes I do.
Despite believing it to be better in every way, my dumb fingers keep automatically reaching for the Nano keyboard shortcuts.

You know what the key combo is to copy a selection of text in Micro?
Ctrl C, why would it ever be anything else?
You know what the key combo is to copy a selection of text in Nano?
Fucking shift, alt, 6.
6!!

And then Ctrl U to paste. I hate that I'm used to that.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Never heard of that key combo in nano before, I've always used ctrl-K (which actually cuts, then I have to paste it back again if I want to leave that text in place).

[Edit] Looks like you only need to hit alt-6, not shift-alt-6, to copy a full line or whatever text has been highlighted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh, I wonder where I got the shift from. Still kinda bonkers though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's because of what ctrl+c does in most terminals

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago