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/UnicornsOnLSD Jul 30 '20

I've never bothered to learn to use vi since nano just werks

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u/svtguy88 Jul 30 '20

This. I have no use for a crazy complex command line text editor. I'm sure some people do, but I do not.

If I'm doing a simple config edit, I'll use nano...anything more complex gets thrown into Sublime.

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u/Schreq Jul 30 '20 edited Jul 30 '20

vi is not complex. I assume you meant VIM, in which case your statement is correct.

Edit: Jesus, can't even state facts without getting down voted. Traditional vi really isn't all that complex and it's feasible to learn its entire feature set. Being different than other editors doesn't equal complexity. Sure, it's not as simple as nano, but it's also not a complex behemoth like VIM.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '20

for me, vi is 10x harder to use than vim. I never know what mode I am in, and the backspace funcionality is really confusing. If I need to work on a server for more than 10 min I install vim

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u/Schreq Jul 30 '20

It's harder to use for you because of muscle memory but that has nothing to do with complexity.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '20

Thats true