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    [–] [email protected] 233 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    +1 for nano. I just need to change two parameters in a config file, not join a religion.

    [–] [email protected] 67 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    When the holy war comes, you'll be among the first sacrifices!

    [–] nyahlathotep 30 points 2 years ago

    Ehh, that's fine. I'm not too psyched about living in whatever comes afterward.

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    [–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago
    [–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Nano is only helpfull because of this nifty little info bar at the bottom.. No one can actually remember nano-shortcuts.

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    [–] [email protected] 78 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    I was talking with a sysadmin once who intentionally removed nano and emacs from any system he was granted access to. His explanation was β€œif they can’t use vim I don’t want them on my machines”

    [–] [email protected] 71 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    There's a sysadmin at my place who does exactly that. He's kind of an idiot too.

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    [–] [email protected] 56 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    If a sysadmin expected me to use vim for every minor config tweak, I wouldn't want to be on their machines either.

    [–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Sounds like it works then.

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    [–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

    I find vim quicker and easier for quick edits too, mostly because I've not bothered to learn anything but vim since it's on everything (except, for some odd reason, the default build of Gentoo)

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    [–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

    I usually just don't give out the root password but what do I know lol

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Wow, I hope he didnt choose their distro for them too.

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    [–] [email protected] 58 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I've been using Vim for years, cause I can't figure out how to close it.

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

    You came because it looked exciting...

    You stayed because you couldn't leave.

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    [–] [email protected] 43 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    EMACS is a great operating system, it only lacks a good editor.

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    [–] [email protected] 41 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    As a nano user, I fully agree.

    [–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Seriously. Nano is the best.

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I
    Seriously... it isn't
    Shift+ZZ

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

    In the world of text editors, VIM, specifically NeoVim is the shining light. Standing at the pinnacle of creation at a height that can only be reached by zealous emacs users.

    They have a learning curve through. Nano is obviously easier, but it's also just a basic editor.

    :x

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    [–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    I ONLY EDIT TEXT BY TOGGLING OUT ASCII CODES ON A ROW OF SWITCHES DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO MY PARALLEL PORT\n

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    I know your lying, because if you did, you would write a mix of capital and lower case letter, because one of the switches would control that bit

    [–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I COULD ONLY AFFORD SIX SWITCHES. BIT 5 HAS A PULLDOWN RESISTOR ON IT\n

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    [–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

    If I have to edit in a terminal: micro

    If I need to edit something larger, and want a GUI: Kate

    Anything else I flirt with and then drop promptly once I can't find the time to really learn it.

    [–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Jesus, why can't people just expose their drives to cosmic radiation and have it switch the bits in the file? So much time wasted writing useless editors.

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    [–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Just use notepad++ with wine like any normal person do

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Notepadqq is a thing, you know.

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    [–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

    Really the users of any other editor. We just see you as a bunch of nerds. But you build good stuff

    [–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    The only editor I need:

    Create: printf "TEXT" > FILE

    Add: printf "TEXT" >> FILE

    No room for mistakes.

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    [–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Nano, based.

    If I use VI or VIM I'm going to have to kill the task because I just tried to exit and uggggghhhh why!?

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    [–] ramius345 12 points 2 years ago

    Just use sed -i like God intended.

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    We need to :q! this war for good.

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    [–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Use DE and edit files with graphical editors like a normal human being.

    Problem solved.

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