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      • AnAustralianPhotographer@lemmy.world
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        7 days ago

        I dont know what that acronym means. I just use nano as a basic text editor, its automatically showing me different colours XML now. I have used it as a text editor for code before, but if i knew i was going to be coding lots, id look at others like vim and emacs. Me using it is a result of it being the quickest tool to get the job done at the time ‘efficiently’ and i know there are more powerful ones out there.

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        7 days ago

        wow, nano is usually everyone’s first editor and them moving on to Vim. interesting to invert that. what do you like about nano?

        • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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          7 days ago

          That depends a lot on when they started.

          When I first installed a distribution where the base system only came with nano instead of standard editors, I was very confused (and very disappointed that this whas what they’d come up with as a “friendly” interface).

        • Doomsider@lemmy.world
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          7 days ago

          Ease of use. When it comes to coding I prefer a GUI as well.

          I used Vim when I first installed Linux. It was painful but I used it. I found Nano and I stopped using Vim. No comparison in usability.

          • jdeath@lemm.ee
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            6 days ago

            yeah Vim takes a lot of effort to learn. Like any advanced tool. I will 100% always fire up nano when in a hurry. but i like trying to learn Vim as an exercise (in torture? idk haha)