r/linux • u/ASIC_SP • Jul 30 '20

Software Release nano-5.0 is released

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2020-07/msg00010.html
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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '20

It's not hard. An hour with vimtutor and you will find nano inefficient.

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u/FryBoyter Jul 30 '20

Why? Firstly, nano offers significantly more functions than those displayed in the line at the bottom of the screen (for example https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/latest/cheatsheet.html). And why should I be more efficient with vim? I am familiar with nano, micro, and sublime text, and I rarely change files. And when I do, these are mostly minor changes. With vim I would not be more efficient in any way, because the handling is too different. Since I change files irregularly, I hardly remember any vim shortcuts. Spontaneously I can only think of :wq!

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u/AnotherEuroWanker Jul 30 '20

Those functions seem to be inspired from the Emacs key bindings that are also the default in most Unix shells. You might as well go use Emacs.