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Very clever... (lemmy.ml)

I'm trying out Obsidian for taking notes, and this made me laugh.

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[-] folkrav@lemmy.world 130 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's hard to hate nano, but IMHO there also isn't anything to like in particular either. It's basically a TUI notepad. It's there, it lets people edit files... and that's pretty much all there is to it.

[-] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 148 points 1 year ago

You can use nano without having to read anything about nano. That might be the only thing that is better about it than vim, but it's a damn important thing.

[-] nautilus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 69 points 1 year ago

I have zero patience when trying to make small adjustments to files, which is what my command line text editor should be for. Nano just has everything at the bottom in case you forget (I do, frequently) so the workflow is ridiculously streamlined for me

[-] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. It also has whole-line cut/uncut which is a godsend when working with config files

[-] indepndnt@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Ironically, that's like the one thing I've learned to do in Vim.

[-] fushuan@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because it's easy, dd to delete a line and p to paste it somewhere else.

[-] DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Personally I'd be somewhat nervous using dd to edit parts of a text file, but you do you :)

[-] fushuan@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Well, if you dd+p you paste it back again, and then it's in the clipboard so you can p it in other places. In any case you can u(ndo) it without issues.

[-] bpm@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

yy to copy, dd to cut, p to paste. Need to move 5 lines at once? No problem, move to the first line and use d5d, and p to paste it. Vim gets a bad rap for being confusing, but it's so fast to move text around once you get the hang of it.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 36 points 1 year ago

it's basically a TUI notepad. It's there, it does one job and that's all there is to it

That's what the people who like it like about it.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 year ago

That’s it’s job

What else is there for it to do?

[-] folkrav@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean, why compare it with vim at all then. Apples and oranges...

[-] Spider89@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Forget KISS, amirite.

[-] Amends1782@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah it literally follows the UNIX philosophy

[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago

nano is just... There when you need a text editor for something. Simple and purposeful

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago

It has syntax highlighting and mouse support.

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