• SomeLemmyUser
    link
    fedilink
    13
    edit-2
    2 months ago

    Dunno what you used, but nano is literally a text editor that may be simple simple but it just works. Shortcuts are shown to the user, buttons work like you expect them to (arrow keys, ESC, shift, etc)

    With vim you open it and if you haven’t read 5pages of doc you won’t even be able to close it again. I see that its useful for power users, but for casuals who just want to edit a config once in a while nano is absolutely the way to go imho

    • @AnUnusualRelic
      link
      1
      edit-2
      2 months ago

      It’s not that simplle or user friendly when none of the usual shortcuts work. C-a did something completely unexpected.

      • SomeLemmyUser
        link
        fedilink
        2
        edit-2
        2 months ago

        Well its shown to you at the bottom of the screen what it does…

        And if you want Ctrl v,c,s etc. To work like in word etc you can always use nano --modernbindings

        • @AnUnusualRelic
          link
          12 months ago

          They’re in Linux now, it should show the shortcuts they’ll encounter everywhere. Not leftovers from another system.