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Fedora Devs Looking to Change Default Editor from Vi to Nano

by equalunique on 11/18/19, 6:34 PM with 34 comments

• by folkhack on 11/18/19, 7:07 PM

  I think this is one of the best things you can do to make the Linux CLI more accessible. I love vim for a lot of reasons but when I'm mentoring someone who's just starting out I skip straight past it for nano because I don't want the people I'm teaching to get bogged down in something that is super terse... New vim users almost always have to use a cheatsheet and I'd rather not inflict that on someone who's dipping their toes into Linux.

  Once you get a bit further into the OS and what you can do I find vim to be an important tool to learn.

  Changing your editor or shell is super easy to do and anyone who has a strong preference can update either within seconds.

• by james_s_tayler on 11/18/19, 8:16 PM

  Do it!

• by gridlockd on 11/18/19, 8:10 PM

  Undoubtedly, we can all agree that vi, like all other UNIX tools, is poorly conceived and awful to use.

  However, beginners need to learn these tools if they want to become even somewhat proficient on UNIX systems. No pain, no gain.

• by kpU8efre7r on 11/18/19, 8:43 PM

  As a Vim user, this is a good idea.