Which text editor do you use?
Micro.
I hate modal keybindings (Vim, Nano and Emacs, all alike; though the Object-Verb paradigm looks promising for me, but until now, nothing's better than quasimodal CUA/spring-loaded CUA).
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I'm using vscode.
Use whatever you want. I use nano, why? Because all I need it for is to do some simple config edits in the terminal emulator and it does all I need while keeping it simple.
I am no coder, so I only ever need to modify configs or write down my thoughts. nano for configs, Standard Notes for thoughts
Having gone thrugh the litany or editors over the years. I have stripped down my needs to nano. I just need a quick edit here and there on occiasions.
I love gram
Kate and Geany are where its at tbh.
The reason why I'm on team Vim is because it's standard. A copy of it is installed on pretty much every Unix-like system out there. Vi is built into Busybox.
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"New? Nano. Wanna try another because you're comfortable now? Do it." Problem solved.
Nano is too barebones. I just want the tui equivalent of Gedit or Kwrite or something.