It's hard to hate nano, but IMHO there also isn't anything to like in particular either. It's basically a TUI notepad. It's there, it lets people edit files... and that's pretty much all there is to it.

I like nano because it has worked any time I needed it. I don't dislike nano because I'm not good enough at Linux to have ever run into its limitations

I never get the need to use vim and nano exists.

nano gang checking in.

However, I’ve been forced over time to remember “:wq” to get unstuck should vim randomly appear.

I hate when I use visudo and it opens in nano and I try to use vi controls

I tmux my vim session so I never have to exit it, I just end the session and NOTHING OF NOTE HAPPENS

Uh... so u guys don't change the PC each time that's cool I would definitely try that ...

You’re nullifying that safety measure by doing this you know

If you want to save: :wq

Or :x

:wq will write even if you didn't change anything; :x won't. (similar to :w vs :up)

Also not a fan about the closed source thing, but I like about Obsidian that it's all just markdown. If I ever need to ditch it, I can keep and use my existing files as they are.

Would this also be possible with Zettlr or Logseq?

Thanks for the suggestions, I'm actually checking a couple new editors out as i'm looking for an alternative to OneNote. Just started messing with this one, but i'm not sure if i'll settle for it yet.

Honestly, if you work in a shell a lot, learning vim is a great investment. You're gonna fly through files editing them faster than with any IDE.

I also started off using nano. Have you tried Micro? It's like nano on steroids and with good keybindings

I'm with you on that. VIM is a good example of a tool that the deepness of the tool makes it aggravating to use for the 90% of simple use cases.

Unless you use VIM enough for the shortcuts to be second nature it is faster to install Nano, make the changes, and remove Nano than it is to use VIM.

So from within vim :!pkill vim?

I'm honestly not super familiar with vim. I tried :q! and it accepted it, what are some other ways?

if your desktop environment uses alt+f4 to quit 💀