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    [–] geekworking@lemmy.world 233 points 11 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 68 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

    [–] nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works 29 points 11 months ago

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

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    [–] skyin7@feddit.de 25 points 11 months ago
    [–] glasgitarrewelt@feddit.de 20 points 11 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 78 points 11 months ago (12 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 71 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

    [–] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago
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    [–] CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 points 11 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.

    [–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Sounds like it works then.

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    [–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 11 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 10 points 11 months ago

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

    [–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Wow, I hope he didnt choose their distro for them too.

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    [–] badbytes@lemmy.world 58 points 11 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 12 points 11 months ago

    You came because it looked exciting...

    You stayed because you couldn't leave.

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    [–] wookiepedia@lemmy.world 43 points 11 months ago (8 children)

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

    [–] optimal@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Vim lacks anything good, except maybe the keybindings.

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    [–] rikudou@lemmings.world 40 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    As a nano user, I fully agree.

    [–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Seriously. Nano is the best.

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    [–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 28 points 11 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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    [–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 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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    [–] dansity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 11 months ago (4 children)

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

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    [–] queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 11 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.

    [–] ExLisper@linux.community 20 points 11 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 11 months ago

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

    [–] MTK@lemmy.world 18 points 11 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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    [–] Presi300@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

    Micro users: am i joke to you

    (I use VSCode)

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    [–] ramius345@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 months ago

    Just use sed -i like God intended.

    [–] auf@lemmy.ml 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Noone’s talking about Helix smh

    It definitely looks different btw

    https://helix-editor.com

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    [–] Veneroso@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (7 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 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

    [–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (7 children)
    [–] bort@feddit.de 10 points 11 months ago

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

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    [–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    We need to :q! this war for good.

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    [–] d_k_bo@feddit.de 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)
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    [–] ndupont@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)
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    [–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 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.

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    [–] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Use DE and edit files with graphical editors like a normal human being.

    Problem solved.

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    [–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 8 points 11 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 11 months ago (1 children)

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

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    [–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

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

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