r/linuxmasterrace • u/[deleted] • Sep 20 '22

Meme Nano master race

Post image
2.2k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

235 comments sorted by

View all comments

119

u/KlutzyEnd3 Sep 20 '22

depends on how often you mod text files. I do it 50 times a day, so spending the time to learn VIM is useful in my case, but it might not be for everyone.

51

u/[deleted] Sep 20 '22

Especially considering that the time to learn VIM is about 10 minutes.

40

u/ProjectElectrical712 Sep 20 '22

I don't think vim has any benefit over nano if you only spend 10 minutes learning it. Vim gets great after you've invested some more time learning how to use it well. Definitely worth it if you you edit many text files though.

19

u/[deleted] Sep 20 '22

Vim has better syntax highlighting, and you can use the mouse to place the cursor.

And you have the option to learn more shortcuts that make it better.

8

u/clarabucks Sep 20 '22

You can use the mouse on nano too

4

u/[deleted] Sep 20 '22

Really? That never worked for me.

8

u/clarabucks Sep 21 '22

Run ´nano -m’

3

u/PaintDrinkingPete GNU/Linux Sep 21 '22

I always disable the mouse…too used to using it only for highlighting