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why hard exit editor? Nano say at bottom. (files.catbox.moe)
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me like use nano. nano say how do thing. nano exit easy.

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[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (15 children)

micro enters the chat.

Static, portable binary with no dependencies.

Out of the box:

  • Syntax highlighting
  • Multi-line cursors like Sublime Text
  • Mouse support (works incredibly well)
  • Splits and tabs for working on multiple files
  • Diff gutter
  • Copy and paste with system clipboard
  • Cross-platform (runs basically on anything that Go does)
  • Sane key binds (ctrl-s, ctrl-c, ctrl-v, ctrl-z, ctrl-x, etc)
  • Terminal emulator
  • Plugin system to extend it
  • And much much more

I have nothing to do with the project but this binary is the absolute best. curl or wget to any host and away you go with effectively a Sublime Text / VSCode like in the terminal. It’s as simple as nano and as functional as a well configured and extended vim.

It’s baffling it’s not more well known and not installed by default on major distros.

[–] CodeMonkey@programming.dev -4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

How many Linux distros include micro in their minimal image? Vim, emacs, and nano are good because I can connect to just about any container or Linux VM and expect to have all of them available.

Let's say I have a test that always passes on my machine but fails in CI. If I can get a terminal on the test runner, I can open up my test code in vim, add extra logging and error handling, and rerun the test to check my fix.

I am not going to install additional editors in a VM that will be recreated next time I push a code change. If I am setting up a development environment for long term use, I will install my favorite IDE and configuring all the bells and whistles.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

the same old argument that anal sex is good because it works on more people

you might appreciate it, but being preinstalled is not the selling point you think it is. I spend hundreds of times longer in the editor than installing it. I want something good while I'm using it. I don't care if it takes me 30 seconds to install, and maybe no one should.

[–] Dr_Del_Fuego@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 hours ago

Wow I love this argument, you're bang on 😆

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