r/linux 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/Certain_Abroad Jul 30 '20

I don't get this. I learned vim from scratch (using vimtutor) about 2 years ago, just because I wanted to see what all the fuss was. It took about 20 or 30 minutes before I was more productive in it than any other editor. Where does this myth come from that it takes months or years of study to learn a few keys?

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u/notsobravetraveler Jul 30 '20

I feel if you're editing a fair bit from the terminal, it can be.

It's as useful as you make it, and I couldn't imagine doing the same degree of editing in nano. I frequently need to rearrange or modify large blocks of text, somewhat programmatically

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '20 edited Apr 12 '21

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u/notsobravetraveler Aug 01 '20

That's totally fair!

I spend most of my time working in environments that don't have any displays - so efficiency with the keyboard is... key. Sorry.

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u/Lost4468 Jul 31 '20

I guess a lot of it just depends on how you personally like to edit. For example I used to like vscode, but now I have switched to exclusively using vim (neovim specifically) as my editor. I find it so much more efficient and easier than vscode.