https://open.spotify.com/track/2mdEalkIbfewipxeZ3bMbX should definitely be on there
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I don't remember what program it was but I once went to configure something, and the command to "open settings" essentially just opened a text file in vim.
Being a nano scrub that took me a second to get out of.
It probably opened it in
${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-vim}}; usually setting one of those variables in e.g. bashrc will avoid future vim.Sometimes, programs that need to start up an editor will honour the
$EDITORenvironment variable, which should contain the name of, or full path to, a user's preferred editor.It's not set by default though, and a lot of things will naturally default to
vior evened. Something to be set in a.profile,.bashrcor similar.$VISUALis another variable that is used for similar purposes.The resemblance to certain two letter commands is not entirely a coincidence.
I learned enough ed(1) to be able to do quick edits in smaller files, and it is actually quite nice to have that simplicity without all the bells and whistles of modern editors.