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Are you on which team: vim, nano, micro, er ed for you terminal based text editor? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 hours ago by SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Changing from a distro that defaults to nano to another that defaults to vim... What to do other than installing nano and changing visudo?

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[–] iByteABit@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I used to use Neovim but now I mainly use Helix, it's really good by default, the most hassle is usually just looking up an LSP for a language and installing it.

My config file literally only has the theme I use, unlike the heavy configs I'd have to make so that vim/nvim are the way I want. I also like the multiple cursor approach it has to editing.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 39 minutes ago

I also like the multiple cursor approach it has to editing.

You do!? I cannot STAND it! Am I using it wrong? C to add another cursor on the line below but only if it already has a character in that column. It seems strictly worse than VIM's visual line selection with V.