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Originally Posted by
m_chandroo
for me its vi...but whicever editor the user is learing first & using for some (considerable) time, then that will become their first editor......
that's so true. i started using nano because it's the suggested editor in debian linux. it's likely the easiest editor to startout with for console use since all the common commands are shown in the editor so you can't forget how it works
- even the old ms-dos edit.com wasn't that easy (if a unix clone version of that comes out i may just go back to that blue and white interface - the blue screen of death that you can edit
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vi is fun to play with though - although the only thing i can seem to remember is :q to quit - or is it :x to exit?
i forgot how vi works long ago when red hat 7 killed my system and i found nano+debian. of course i only used vi mabe a dozen times - i've used nano several thousand times at least.
if i need to learn how an editor works, it's no longer a simple editor and i won't bother. editors should be simple and just work. an editor should be like "more" or "less" with a curser and the ability to save
and perhaps the ability to tell me what line i'm on, but let's not get too fancy. i shouldn't have to use "man vi" everytime i forget something that should be obvious.
of course i have respect for the vi folks - although my favorite retro editor is to just use "sed" - very quick.