On 25 April 2015 at 19:36, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 17:51:10 +0200, Neven Sajko wrote: >> nano > > IMO nano should be part of base. Other editors might have advantages > over nano, but to set up config files, it's on of the most easiest to > use editors. It's my default editor, because you don't get a tendonitis > and you don't need to learn billions of shortcuts and a strange language > to configure the editor, IOW it's not like Emacs and it's also not like > the two modes Vi/m, "beep repeatedly" and "break everything". Sure, for > coders those editors have their advantages, but to set up an install > nano is a good choice, because it can be used by everybody. Perhaps by > default an improved nanorc should be provided. I didn't use nano much but I'm pretty sure you could edit text faster in MS Word, so I cannot imagine any scenario in which it should be used. If you don't know how to use anything better you should probably learn ASAP.
