Nano has already supplanted the great EMacs and Vim as the most popular text editor of all linux distros, for though it has many omissions in functionality it scores over the older, more complete programs in two important respects. First, it is slightly simpler; and secondly it has the text “^ Exit” inscribed in highlighted text on its footer

EDIT : This sees to be going over some people’s heads. It’s a hitchiker’s guide to the galaxy reference.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide has already supplanted the great Encyclopaedia Galactica as the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom, for though it has many omissions . . . it scores over the older, more pedestrian work in two important respects. First, it is slightly cheaper; and secondly it has the words DON’T PANIC inscribed in large friendly letters on its cover.

  • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    Nice, thanks!

    For anyone wondering about the options: https://i.imgur.com/hAjTxJO.png

    Also, apparently you can create ~/.nanorc and put the following in for those (instead of an alias):

    set smarthome
    set boldtext
    set tabstospaces
    set multibuffer
    set tabsize 4
    set zap
    set showcursor
    set autoindent
    set linenumbers
    set mouse
    set indicator
    set saveonexit
    set stateflags
    set minibar

    I’ll play around with those and the syntax stuff. I definitely personally do not want the saveonexit behaviour, but you’ve started me on the path of looking at the other options, and that right there shows me it’s worth my time to look, so thank you :)