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How did you get out of Vim before you knew its hotkeys and commands? (lemmy.world)
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[-] Dasnap@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago

I was introduced to Linux with Vim so it's actually Nano that confuses me...

[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 5 months ago

The good thing about nano is that it has clear instructions for how to close it right there immediately in front of you

[-] esc27@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Not if aren't familiar with control characters. Might was well be three seashells...

[-] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

Same, every new system that defaults to nano and throws me in here when I'm expecting vim I have to stop and remember what the characters mean right before changing it to use vim (like, seriously, I typed "visudo", not "nanosudo", why the hell would I expect it to open in anything other than vi or vim?)

[-] Dasnap@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Look at Mr. Bigshot here reading instructions!

[-] loo@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

I've always been using nano, but since I refused to ever read the docs, I'm still confused

[-] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I can't deal with nano hotkeys

[-] loo@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Same

[-] YerbaYerba@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

I was using a distro for a sbc recently and nano was the default visudo editor. Infuriating

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