LIES

[rone]

Select an editor.  To change later, run 'select-editor'.
  1. /bin/ed
  2. /bin/nano        <---- easiest
  3. /usr/bin/vim.basic
  4. /usr/bin/vim.tiny

Comments

[en-ki.livejournal.com]

<---- standard editor
<---- more or less usable
<---- bewildering and harmful to mental development
<---- bewildering and harmful to mental development (but smaller)

[waider.livejournal.com]

From the ubiquitous quotes file (and attributed to moi): " pico - combines the ease of use of vi with the simple keystrokes of emacs."

[catbear.livejournal.com]

5. "Hey, rone, fix this broken shit for me."

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[dagon.net (from livejournal.com)]

If they had more room, they'd say "easiest, but not actually easy, for people who would believe this message, which was written by a developer who doesn't even bother to put the default value first".

[surferelf.livejournal.com]

Well, it is easier in that all you need to know is C-x to close it before opening a real editor.

[urbeatle.livejournal.com]

I figure I don't "get" this post for one or more of the following reasons:

1. I have never used nano
2. I barely remember pico
3. My editor of preference is GNU Emacs

[heliumbreath.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Only the Standard Editor is being offered in its full untrammeled form; better that than the training-wheels alternatives. Though I'd take vim if they were actually offering it.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing "vim.basic" is regular vim, but i figured "vim.tiny" would be some sort of vi compatibility mode, but it still has vim cruft, so i don't know what makes it tiny.