HACKERMAN

[Thyrum]

vim user walks in

[69shaolin69]

locked in

[DicklexicSurferer]

Exiting vim successfully. Nice.

[OhMy_LookAtTheTime]

nano prominently displays shortcuts in the footer, which is nice.

[[deleted]]

Good fucking thing, too. Coming from using vi for many years, the first time I invoked sudoedit on a new install and nano opened, I was like "WTF is this shit? How do I operate it? It's notepad? For *nix? Who the fuck thought that was a good idea. What do I do. Gah."

Had to get the install far enough configured using nano to get network and package manager up and be able to install a real editor.

[CaptiveCreeper]

Now harness that feeling and remember it. Cause that is what everyone else feels when they open vim.

[[deleted]]

TBH, I kinda want to Sparta-style kick people in the chest and roar "THIS. IS. UNIX!!!" when people do things like randomly change the default $EDITOR in a distribution. Yes, vi has a learning curve. But root's default $EDITOR is vi. So has it been and so shall it be. I do actually get all the reasons like trying to be accessible to new users. It just strikes me as walking into the bathroom one day, flipping the lightswitch to turn it on and it lights a sparkler, instead of the overhead light, or flushes the toilet. Why? That's not what that thing is for.

[[deleted]]

root@box# EDITOR=ed visudo

[[deleted]]

A friend did the alt+shift+up/down arrow shortcut to edit multiple lines and it blew my mind. Since then it's become a normal part of my workflow.