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pxc ◴[25 Jun 25 01:20 UTC] No.44372814[source]▶

I used to recommend micro[1] to people like those in the target audience of this editor. I wonder if that should change or not.

1: https://micro-editor.github.io/

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smartmic ◴[25 Jun 25 08:32 UTC] No.44374937[source]▶

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There is also dte[1]. It hits exactly the same notch and offers an extremely lean editor with Unicode support, CUA key bindings and much more. It has replaced nano as my terminal editor.

[1]: https://craigbarnes.gitlab.io/dte/

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sneak ◴[25 Jun 25 09:21 UTC] No.44375225[source]▶

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Why are you opposed to learning vi which is already installed everywhere?

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1. 4ggr0 ◴[25 Jun 25 09:28 UTC] No.44375266[source]▶

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as someone who uses CLI text editors frequently, but not often enough to build the muscle memory which remembers VI shortcuts, i really appreciate simple text editors.

i know that i can press like 3-4 arbitrary buttons to mark a block to move it to a different place - how about i just mark it with my cursor and CTRL-X CTRL-V, like every freaking other program out there.

i appreciate that i got VI on freshly installed or secured servers, but for things i use daily, i just want it to be KISS. already counting on people answering 'but vim is easy and simple'. opinions differ i guess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n1dtmzqnCU

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