I like nano because it lists the keyboard commands on the screen where I can see them.
this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2025
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What is the difference anyway between vi and vim?
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No visual mode (selections), you also can't immediately see the results of your changes - if you use the c$ command, for example, the rest of the line won't disappear.
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yeah I did not feel they are very different and most of what I do in vim is like I use vi. I mean granted I do usually use vim.
Why is fish so small? Is it a different fish?
Thanks for making VIM content
Less features. Just like vi
it's the mini-fish and mini-girl!
Oh I missed the mini prefix. We will evolve into micro-fish and micro-girl next
Techno-mage nano
Fish is there so there's 1
Yeah!
And where is neovim vs vim on here?
vim is definitely cooler than neovim.
you can substitute vi and vim with anything you want!
Where my ed users at?
Nano is all anyone should ever need.
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nobody is here
And no one will call me a pervert for using emacs? O.o
PERVERT!!!
I can, if you want?
Thanks, I'm good. I can't even write LISP.
Most of us are polite enough not to call you that publicly, but we're all thinking it really, really loudly.