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My wife was unimpressed by Vim (programming.dev)
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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I only use it because that’s the only option when editing server files.

suggestion 1: use nano. Unlike vi(m) and emacs, it's meant for humans, all the command shortcuts you can execute are listed at the bottom.

suggestion 2: browse the servers in question via your file explorer (sftp://user@server or just sftp://server) of choice or WinSCP if you're on windows, open whatever file with your local graphical text editor of choice.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

My hardcore old IT dudes mocked me once like, "why install Nano? Vim is right there."

And I had to explain to them that I don't live in the terminal.

They didn't install Nano and I spent 5x longer trying to get the settings correct in Vim.