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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Skullgrid@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

me like use nano. nano say how do thing. nano exit easy.

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[-] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

micro enters the chat.

Static, portable binary with no dependencies.

Out of the box:

  • Syntax highlighting
  • Multi-line cursors like Sublime Text
  • Mouse support (works incredibly well)
  • Splits and tabs for working on multiple files
  • Diff gutter
  • Copy and paste with system clipboard
  • Cross-platform (runs basically on anything that Go does)
  • Sane key binds (ctrl-s, ctrl-c, ctrl-v, ctrl-z, ctrl-x, etc)
  • Terminal emulator
  • Plugin system to extend it
  • And much much more

I have nothing to do with the project but this binary is the absolute best. curl or wget to any host and away you go with effectively a Sublime Text / VSCode like in the terminal. It’s as simple as nano and as functional as a well configured and extended vim.

It’s baffling it’s not more well known and not installed by default on major distros.

[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 month ago

That’s not a text editor, that’s an IDE.

[-] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

And emacs is an operating system 😂

[-] ramasses@social.ozymandias.club 21 points 1 month ago
[-] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

I'm glad we all agree that nano is the one true text editor.

/s

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