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[–] geekworking@lemmy.world 212 points 10 months ago (7 children)

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

[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 58 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works 27 points 10 months ago

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

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[–] skyin7@feddit.de 24 points 10 months ago
[–] glasgitarrewelt@feddit.de 14 points 10 months 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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[–] audiomodder@lemmy.blahaj.zone 67 points 10 months ago (11 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 “if they can’t use vim I don’t want them on my machines”

[–] negativenull@lemm.ee 64 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago
[–] CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 10 months 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.

Sounds like it works then.

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 10 months 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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[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

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

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[–] badbytes@lemmy.world 51 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago

You came because it looked exciting...

You stayed because you couldn't leave.

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[–] wookiepedia@lemmy.world 40 points 10 months ago (8 children)

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

[–] optimal@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Vim lacks anything good, except maybe the keybindings.

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[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 39 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As a nano user, I fully agree.

[–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Seriously. Nano is the best.

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

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[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 28 points 10 months 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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[–] dansity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 10 months ago (4 children)

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

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[–] ExLisper@linux.community 20 points 10 months 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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[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 19 points 10 months ago

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

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

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

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[–] queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 10 months 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.

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The only editor I need:

Create: printf "TEXT" > FILE

Add: printf "TEXT" >> FILE

No room for mistakes.

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[–] Veneroso@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (6 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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[–] dipshit@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh, vim. I wish I knew how to quit you.

[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (7 children)
[–] bort@feddit.de 10 points 10 months ago

unless you accidentally pressed "q" to early and entered recording-mode...

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[–] ramius345@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago

Just use sed -i like God intended.

[–] auf@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Noone’s talking about Helix smh

It definitely looks different btw

https://helix-editor.com

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[–] Presi300@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Micro users: am i joke to you

(I use VSCode)

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[–] d_k_bo@feddit.de 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)
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[–] ndupont@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)
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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I recently worked on a system that had the TERM variable botched and filtered and no nano, just vim. It was all hell. The escape sequences in vim wouldn't work. I ended up suspendig it with ctrl+z, killing it, then editing the config with fucking ed and sed. That hoster sucks.

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 7 points 10 months ago

Name and shame.

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[–] Elliott@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (7 children)
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[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’m a fkn vi user and I will say that it is not entirely wrong. ^:wq

[–] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm a neovim user and I'm better than you :!q

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[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] mlg@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

who needs a UI or even hints as to what you are doing amirite

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[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

:.,$d i use whatever works best for you, k?? esc :wq!

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