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[–] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Micro - not quite as fancy as Helix but it’s a static binary, bells and whistles included, and ready to go without config. If you’re still using nano/pico, micro is a nice step up in functionality without the complexity of vim et al.

Multiple cursors, splits and tabs, mouse support, syntax highlighting, keyboard shortcuts that are more noob-friendly / familiar, it’s great.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know why Micro hasn't completely replaced Nano in the Linux world.
Wait, yes I do.
Despite believing it to be better in every way, my dumb fingers keep automatically reaching for the Nano keyboard shortcuts.

You know what the key combo is to copy a selection of text in Micro?
Ctrl C, why would it ever be anything else?
You know what the key combo is to copy a selection of text in Nano?
Fucking shift, alt, 6.
6!!

And then Ctrl U to paste. I hate that I'm used to that.

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Never heard of that key combo in nano before, I've always used ctrl-K (which actually cuts, then I have to paste it back again if I want to leave that text in place).

[Edit] Looks like you only need to hit alt-6, not shift-alt-6, to copy a full line or whatever text has been highlighted.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh, I wonder where I got the shift from. Still kinda bonkers though.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

It's because of what ctrl+c does in most terminals

[–] 30p87@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago
[–] jelloeater85@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Hell yeah, Micro master race. It gives me VSCode feels on the CLI. It's great ❤️

[–] the_lone_wolf@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Only thing missing is code block folding and unfolding functionality