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Sysadmin Which Linux Text Editor do you prefer nano or vim ?

Discussion in 'System Administration' started by eva2000, Oct 21, 2016.

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Which to you prefer nano or vim ?

  1. nano

    10 vote(s)
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  2. vim

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  1. Oct 21, 2016 #1
    eva2000

    eva2000 Administrator Staff Member

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    If you use Centmin Mod, then you'll spend time logged into ssh via your ssh client like putty, securecrt etc. You'll need to use a linux text editor so you can edit config files, nginx vhosts, and other files in ssh. There's 2 main linux text editors folks use, nano or vim.

    Which is your preferred ? I started out with pico text editor in Pine so I prefer using it's successor, nano which you can read up more about nano here and here. For vim text editor read here and here.

    For folks new to nano or vim, there's numerous online how to use guides for nano and vim you can search for via google :)
     
  2. Oct 21, 2016 #2
    Jimmy

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    Nano all the way.
     
  3. Oct 21, 2016 #3
    deltahf

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    I started out with nano, but I switched over to vim a few years ago.

    I'm not particularly crazy about it, and I don't really use it enough to fully memorize all of the keyboard shortcuts, but I do like its syntax highlighting. Maybe nano has gotten better in this respect?
     
  4. Oct 21, 2016 #4
    pamamolf

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    I am using also nano :)

    It will be good if other users agree to have it installed by Centminmod and set it as default :)

    So i will avoid the crontab -e open in vim and remind me to install nano and set it as default :)
     
  5. Oct 21, 2016 #5
    cloud9

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    Nano
     
  6. Oct 21, 2016 #6
    dorobo

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    Nano but it pays to know even a little of vim
     
  7. Oct 21, 2016 #7
    eva2000

    eva2000 Administrator Staff Member

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    centmin mod sets default linux editor as nano out of box since beginning, so that is what it should be doing

    it's not doing that for you ?

    unfortunately not yet

    indeed
     
  8. Oct 22, 2016 #8
    pamamolf

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    On some servers no. I am noticing that when i run crontab -e that is not the default editor and then i edit this:

    Code:
    /etc/bashrc
    and i add at the bottom this:

    Code:
    export EDITOR="nano"
    Then i logout from ssh and login again and crontab -e is using nano :)

    But i didn't know that Centminmod set nano as default so i didn't check on which cases or OS version or if it was a dedicated or vps server that i had this issue :(
     
  9. Oct 22, 2016 #9
    eva2000

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    pamamolf

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    Ok if i got that again i will post here :)
     
  11. Oct 22, 2016 #11
    Matt

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    100% vim for me.
     
  12. Oct 22, 2016 #12
    Xon

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    I use nano for quick edits on a server.

    If I need a full editor, I use notepad++ and check the stuff into a git repo since versioning is really really useful.
     
  13. Oct 22, 2016 #13
    eva2000

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    just added a poll to this thread - forgot about polls LOL
     
  14. Oct 22, 2016 #14
    eva2000

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    ah actually nano does do syntax highlighting, might be worth enabling on centmin mod installs !

    upload_2016-10-22_22-28-11.png

    centos 7 supported syntax highlighing in nano
    Code (Text):
    grep '^# include' /etc/nanorc
# include "/usr/share/nano/nanorc.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/c.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/makefile.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/css.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/debian.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/gentoo.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/html.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/php.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/tcl.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/tex.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/mutt.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/patch.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/man.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/groff.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/perl.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/python.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/ruby.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/java.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/fortran.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/objc.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/ocaml.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/awk.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/asm.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/sh.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/pov.nanorc"
# include "/usr/share/nano/xml.nanorc"


    update: enabled nano syntax highlighting in 123.09beta01 Beta Branch - enable nano editor syntax highlighting in 123.09beta01 | Centmin Mod Community
     
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  15. Oct 22, 2016 #15
    eva2000

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    nano or the build-in editor of Midnight Commander.

    (I use MC a lot for simple file manipulation - grew-up with norton-commander on DOS ;) )
     
  17. Oct 24, 2016 #17
    dooma

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    Nano is more better.
     
  18. Oct 24, 2016 #18
    eva2000

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    lots of nano fans !

    been playing with adding additional nano syntax highlighting formats support including nginx config file !

    upload_2016-10-24_0-45-53.png

    yum .repo files syntax

    upload_2016-10-24_0-54-0.png

    markdown syntax

    upload_2016-10-24_0-55-30.png

    sql syntax

    upload_2016-10-24_0-56-40.png
     
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  19. Oct 24, 2016 #19
    Sunka

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    Allways Nano.
    I never tried Vim, but read about it on web, seems to me that it is very complicated on the beggining.
    So I just use Nano for small changes, and notepad+ for detailed changes and readings
     
  20. Oct 24, 2016 #20
    Tracy Perry

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    joe (Joe's Own Editor) works fine for me - I've used it for ages and is one of the first things I install on any flavor I set up - along with midnight commander.
    joe uses Wordstar command syntax - which I'm familiar with from my baddie old DOS days.
     
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