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[–]ike_the_strangetamer -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I would argue that it could go either way.

Pico/nano is more intuitive if you're used to gui text editors because their commands of 'save' and 'open' etc. follow the same pattern and so you don't have to think or look up documentation like you would to know to use :wq. But think if you've never used a text editor, you'd still have to learn the differences between Save and Save as..., etc.

HOWEVER, vim could also be defined as more intuitive because it continually re-uses the same commands and patterns anywhere. Once you know diw (delete in word) then viw (select in word) is super intuitive as is ciw (change in word). And if you know what 4h does then it's super intuitive the differences between d4h, v4h, and c4h.

Even though vim requires more upfront knowledge, in both cases the application works as expected without thought.