Dapper: vim instead of nano as editor alternative?

Jonathan Romero jonnyro at jonnyro.com
Wed Mar 15 21:25:12 UTC 2006


I agree.  I love vim, but I remember the old days when I was first learning
about linux frantically hitting keys trying to get out of vim, not knowing
about the different modes.

On 3/15/06, Andreas Schildbach <andreas at schildbach.de> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> is it expected behaviour that Dapper (Flight 5) defines vim as the
> primary editor alternative, rather than nano?
>
> If I remember right, nano was the first choice for Breezy (or was it
> just me redefining the alternative?).
>
> However, I'd recommend switching (back) to nano. Vim is just too cryptic
> for new users.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andreas
>
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