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On 2 Oct 2009, at 17:16, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> I don't like nano much either -- I find it rather clumsy, but |
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> at least it seems to be "safe". It doesn't trash my file every |
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> 30 seconds when I start typing content while in command mode. |
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> Honestly -- I've used vi infrequently but regularly (probably |
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> several times a month) for decades, and my brain just doesn't |
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> work the way vi does. |
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What editor do you prefer, then? |
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IIRC when I was at uni (c 2000) one of the TA's suggested Joe as an |
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alternative to the traditional Unix editors. I have been making a |
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little effort in the last year or two to come to grips with vi or vim, |
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and am starting to prefer it, but ISTM that the problem with |
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traditional Unix editors (i.e. vi & emacs) is that they depend upon |
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learning obscure keyboard shortcuts. ISTM the problem with pcio / nano |
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is that advanced users find it too simplistic. |
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I have this notion - can't be arsed to confirm this, disprove it or |
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find additional information with Google right now - that Joe was |
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developed to overcome this above problems. |
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Stroller. |
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