Re: Fedora 33 System-Wide Change proposal: Make nano the default editor

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On Friday, June 26, 2020 3:55:01 PM CEST Peter Robinson wrote:
> > -1 for the change. If the so called 'end-user' (whatever does it mean)
> > can learn git, she or he can also learn 'vi' or at least how to enable
> > the preferred editor. Personally, I can see nothing special on the
> > nano, for me it qualifies as very poor editor
> 
> 
> I feel you're completely missing the point, it's about a straight
> foward to understand editor by default so they aren't scared away
> before they even learn what an environment variable is, it's not about
> being the best most special editor. They may well have learned how to
> use git on windows or Mac before moving to Linux.

The distribution of git I use on Windows defaults to vi, too.

Kamil

> I would flip this
> around and say anyone who knows vim enough should know how to change
> their default editor.
> 
> Peter

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