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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 31 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Ctrl-X Ctrl-V in micro, if you appreciate a sane editor with sane keybindings.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago

That's cool, and I can't wait for it to gain widespread adoption, but nano is already more commonly installed by default.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

How does micro compare to nano?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 33 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago
[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

better ootb experience with syntax highlighting, sane keybindings, plugin system, and other little things nano lacks.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Nano has had syntax highlighting for quite a while.

Its keybindings also make sense if your brain is still stuck in the '90s. If not, they're literally printed at the bottom of the terminal.

If I need plugins, I'm not gonna be fucking around with a terminal text editor.

What are these "other little things?" Certainly not "probably already installed on your system."

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Oh, the irony.

[–] fl42v@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

"Sane" keybindings are questionable given Ctrl's location (painful to press with both pinky and thumb fingers). It's standard, I'll give it that, but those in helix or vim are mostly (I'm looking at you, navigation between splits) much saner all things considered

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

or maps your caps to Ctrl, like vim users map it to esc

[–] computergeek125@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Which is exactly where Sun Unix keyboards place it, in a same spot

[–] fl42v@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago

Or build yourself a crkbd, yeah. That's beside the point.