I first ran into nano when I gave Gentoo a try. I had to edit a few config files, so I ran vi... no vi. Emacs? No Emacs. Well, shit, what am I supposed to do? So I went back a bit and read more carefully, apparently there was a thing called nano.
So I ran that. Ew. It was a clone of an old DOS editor of all things. What kind of lunatic had ported that? Anyway I managed to do my edits with it, added normal editors to the system and was on my way.
It was also the last time I used it.

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 14 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

nano is the perfect editor for people who only use editors in the terminal, once in a while to edit a config file.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world -2 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I don't think it's the perfect editor for anything. They'll have to use vi sooner or later, they might as well learn the basics. Or just use kate.

[–] aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social 1 points 7 hours ago

I've been using linux for 25 years and I can count the number of times I used vi to actually edit something on one hand. They will not "have to use vi sooner or later."

It's OK not to like and not use nano. It's also OK to like and use nano.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Use Kate in command line over ssh?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Ssh - X

Then run kate, easy :)

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

"I hated using it"
"But you have used it, yes?"

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Well, yes. But I did wash my hands afterwards.

[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Do they have a sink in eMacs now?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

There's https://github.com/alex-hhh/emacs-soap-client