R.I.P. Bram.
Also, vim just extended vi that invented modal editing.
Vi was just Ex’s visual mode, and Ex was just Ed with visual mode added. Ed introduced modal editing, though, not Vi.
vim I want to see the real standard text editor vi I said the real standard text editor! ed Perfection I stand (or sit to be honest) corrected.
Instructions on forum/support site:
“use the following command to edit the file: vi /path/to/config/file”
Me: replaces with nano before running
Try micro sometime. It’s a really nice halfway between nano and an IDE. You’ve got splits, mouse support, multiple cursors and more. Plus they provide binaries with no dependencies so I pull it down on any system I’m stuck with just vim and no package manager or perms to install stuff.
micro is one of the first things I install on a new distro. I can’t live without it now.
Same. Honestly, distros really ought to symlink pico/nano to micro and make it the new default.
It’s everything a normal person needs from emacs/vim without all the crazy keybinds or modes. It’s just as easy as nano to make a quick edit but it’s also just a as capable and featureful as vim with a load of plugins installed and configured. It sadly however cannot be used as a music player or torrent client (yet) unlike the Do Everything And Do It Okayish emacs. (I’m still angry about the RSI emacs caused me in university - I still rebind capslock to ctrl to this day).
