Re: crontab -e now invokes nano! ARGH!!!
On 11/16/21 2:27 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 11/16/21 2:46 PM, Peter Boy wrote:
> Yes indeed, you know that (and I, too). But someone, who is new to Linux? Or to
computers in general?
>
If I were helping a newcomer to Linux, and pointed them toward nano, I'd include
explaining what ^ means in that context. How much explaining do you need to give a
newcomer to get them up and walking (running comes later) with vi/vim?
>>> I can't understand the "missionary zeal" that some people bring
into the field for Nano. It is more a question of knowledge and, above all, of
requirements for the editor. Nano as default for Workstation may have some merit, but as
default for server it makes more sense to use vim.
>> I'm not saying that everybody should switch to nano,
> +1
>
> But some of the discussion involves to make nano default for all Fedora editions and
to refuse to allow differences.
>
I've never found it hard to make nano my default editor; it just takes setting the
proper environment strings in ~./bashrc.
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I've been using nano for a long time. When I first started using Linux I found vim to
be awful. Still do. I admit mostly because I am too lazy to learn it, especially as nano
provides just what I need for the command line.
I don't believe vim is a good choice for new Linux users, so I support making nano the
default EDITOR.
Emmett