I start: the most important thing is not the desktop, it’s the package manager.

  • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘
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    710 months ago

    Used to use gedit, the found nano and it was awesome. Then found Vim… I RAN back to nano haha

    • @[email protected]
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      610 months ago

      Try micro.

      It’s much better and quite easy if not easier to use than nano. It should really be the default simple editor.

    • @[email protected]
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      10 months ago

      I hear you 😁. For whatever reason I stuck with the Vim tutorial and did it a few times over the years. Now I’m using the IdeaVIM extension in IntelliJ - that mode system is just sooo powerful. It has a horrible learning curve, yes, but if you manage to stick with it, it pays huge dividends. I probably know, like, 18% of all commands, and it completely changed how I edit files (mostly for coding, but also text).

      • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘
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        210 months ago

        Alright alright. You win haha seriously, you’ve convinced me to give vim another chance.

        • @JaxNakamura
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          Use vimtutor. It comes with vim and teaches you to the basic vim commands from within vim.

          And don’t worry about exiting vim, that’s lesson 1.2 :)

          • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘
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            210 months ago

            Hahaha!!! I actually know how to exit Vim. Had to learn it when setting up a server config on a server that only had Vim installed. Once set up, nano got installed.

            This vimtutor looks pretty awesome, and I can’t wait to get learning on it. In all honesty, vim does looks super helpful. It’s just that I usually use text editors to quickly setup configs, when gui won’t do or I’m just done with gui for the moment. During those times, my patience is usually low, and searching how to save or quit or open or do any other basic functionality, reduces that patience further. But vimtutor makes it a point to learn vim when I’m not trying to get in, get it done, and get out. This may work for me. I may actually learn vim!