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

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Spoiler alert :)

It already does.

On 6/26/20 3:41 PM, Jaroslav Skarvada wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> Adam Williamson < adamwill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 于 2020年6月26日周五 上午9:32写道:
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 2020-06-26 at 08:44 +0800, Qiyu Yan wrote:
>>> What about to provide a prompt to the user telling them the difference
>>> between editors?
>>> For example, when a new user to fedora first invokes git commit
>>> without $EDITOR set, a program named fedora-default-editor comes up
>>> and asks: Which editor do you like?
>>> User can do his or hers choice and the choice will be remembered by
>>> setting $EDITOR in his or hers ~/.bashrc
>>>
>>> The fedora-default-editor can be a small script that shows user all
>>> the difference and set $EDITOR for the user.
>> It's a nice idea, but the problem with things like this is they
>> *always* introduce bugs, and often wind up being unmaintained, because
>> keeping them working is kind of a thankless task.
>>
>> IMHO it's better to keep things simple and just pick a default. And the
>> default should definitely be nano. :D
>> Then I will +1 for this proposal. Yes, this certainly will make Fedora easier
>> use for beginners. And for those who would like to use vi as default, we
>> should make this as easy as possible.
>>
>> I has been asked "how to exit this hell?" multiple times by my new-to-Linux
>> friends, that time I would always suggest them to set nano as default. Vim
>> is great though, it is not for beginners.
>>
> Why not just patch vim-minimal to show the hint on the CTRL+C?
> Problem solved :)
>
> Jaroslav
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