Favorite SSH Editor

[KaFo]

emacs :-)

[kundurocks]

Nano FTW.

[Robin H]

Vim > nano in features.
nano > vim in user-friendly

[Cory]

If you think it's an inconvenience, you just don't know how to use it, to put it bluntly.

I know almost every keyboard shortcut in vim by memory, there are still a couple I fail to remember after 4 years or so of using it.

An example benefit:
I can delete a couple of lines, type something else in, copy that, paste it into another file then replace occurences of a variable i copied from that file with another variable in my code... all without ever touching my mouse or changing window, in a few keystrokes.

nano is for people who can't vim.

I know how to use it; I just have to google for the commands as I'm not an everyday user. I've used many times where nano wasn't available and I didn't have root. (IRC Server)

After googleing:

• multiple file editing
• search and replace with regular expressions
• exactly define where to search and replace (e.g. only between line 3 and 8)
• flexible navigation through file

Those some of the features in vi?

Then, I guess it would be ok, but I'm a linux expert and I still prefer nano.

[JmZ]

Generally those who call themselves linux experts use emacs or vi (hence the huge vi vs emacs editor war known throughout the tech world).

Sure nano is easy, its simple, but vim can do everything nano does and more. Nano wasn't made for hardcore-coders and linux junkies, those people, such as myself, use vi or emacs stereotypically.

It has so many features I can't list them all.

[DLow]

vi is what we used when you were still in diapers

[Perl]

VIM editor (better version of VI )

[qwerty6666]

i like nano easy to use

[Cory]

If you think it's an inconvenience, you just don't know how to use it, to put it bluntly.

I know almost every keyboard shortcut in vim by memory, there are still a couple I fail to remember after 4 years or so of using it.

An example benefit:
I can delete a couple of lines, type something else in, copy that, paste it into another file then replace occurences of a variable i copied from that file with another variable in my code... all without ever touching my mouse or changing window, in a few keystrokes.

nano is for people who can't vim.

Generally those who call themselves linux experts use emacs or vi (hence the huge vi vs emacs editor war known throughout the tech world).

Sure nano is easy, its simple, but vim can do everything nano does and more. Nano wasn't made for hardcore-coders and linux junkies, those people, such as myself, use vi or emacs stereotypically.

It has so many features I can't list them all.

Generally, yes - people who call themselves linux experts use vi, but keep in mind "today's world" people want simple and easy to use; Hence...nano - I know a lot "Linux Experts" who rather use nano over vi and they started with vi.

Using nano doesn't stereotype me as being a n00b or non-linux expert.

The point is whether the preference is, both them can do the same job.

nano:
I can search and replace.
I can goto a certain line.
I can use arrows and not some letter to move through.
I can exit easy (ctrl+c) vs ESC :q! (only command I remember, really.)
I can copy and paste, I attempted apparently didn't work.
I can save easy (ctrl+w) y

[haseeb221093]

i Like Nano,easy to use