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0 pointspeterangular6y ago0 comments

> "it's generally wrongheaded to tailor Linux defaults to new users"

> "I think accounting for beginners is important!"

I read this as two conflicting statements.

> But I don't think using crippled defaults are the way to do that.

I disagree that nano is a "crippled default" - nano is a highly competent text editor and I see plenty of industry professionals use it daily.

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jraph6y ago

Yes, and probably more usable than vi (not talking about vim) and its features are more than enough to edit configuration files.

It has copy paste of a line or an arbitrary chunk of text (I learned that last week! But I often use the copy paste functionality of the terminal emulator anyway), syntax highlighting, undo redo, line numbers, search and replace. Access to these features is efficient.

It's also fast and lightweight. All the characteristics of a good default terminal text editor. Free us from vi! :-)

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