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    Text editor war (lemmy.ml)
    submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    [–] [email protected] 55 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    If a sysadmin expected me to use vim for every minor config tweak, I wouldn't want to be on their machines either.

    [–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Sounds like it works then.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

    Win:win ;)

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

    I find vim quicker and easier for quick edits too, mostly because I've not bothered to learn anything but vim since it's on everything (except, for some odd reason, the default build of Gentoo)

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Once you get the hang of it it's just so much quicker for small and big tasks.

    Check out vim adventures:

    https://vim-adventures.com/

    Or just install vimtutor and try around. The basics are pretty simple, and the more advanced stuff infinitely helpful.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

    and the more advanced stuff infinitely helpful.

    Thanks, no. At that point i use sed, grep or a GUI editor.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    Why? Nano doesn't need training, and even for config the engineers shouldnt be able to impact production without review. Sysadmin needs to retire

    [–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    I don't find nano any easier for minor tweaks than vim

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

    A vim user finding nano too difficult? Impressive.