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Originally Posted by j.s View Post
Beginners do not have a monopoly on using. Beginner friendly and user friendly are not identical.

When I get (more or less briefly) trapped in nano on a system that has nano set as the default (for root! what is up with that?!) editor by the install program, I do not feel surrounded by friendliness at all. I am very much an user.
Well, you have to learn every editor, but the key combinations in nano are limited and quitting works with STRG-C (without saving), there are no different modes (once you are traped in one you can't even exit vi without knowing how to exit the mod you are in)
which makes it easier to learn.

I never said nano is the best or is flawless (thats why I use joe instead)

But I'll stop here discussing about editors. This is why I choose Linux over Windows. The freedom of choice! If you don't like it, change it, patch it, submit a bug :-)

Cheers
Bjoern