On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 7:20 PM Ben Cotton <bcotton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Let's make Fedora more approachable, by having a default editor that > doesn't require specialist knowledge to use. One could argue that this adds to the experience! > (These arguments would apply > just as well if git picked Vim. vi is like hard mode for Vim, with > fewer features, missing syntax highlighting, and no indication of what > mode you are in. Even Vim users may feel lost and bewildered when > using vi.) Not really and that's because we ship vim-minimal with sane defaults, unlike other distros. > In contrast, Nano offers the kind of graphical text editing experience > that people are used to, and therefore doesn't require specialist > knowledge to use. Who are these people? > It is already installed across most Fedora Editions > and Spins. <shock /> > * More in line with the default editor of other distributions. It has been a nice and welcome point of difference. Oh, well. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
