Nano 8.0 Command-Line Text Editor Released – Key Bindings Have Now Joined The 21st Century
That is not the only improvement, but it is pretty significant to be able to now use CTRL-Q to quit, CTRL-C to copy, CTRL-X to cut, CTRL-V to paste, CTRL-F to search forward, CTRL-Z to undo, etc. The old key bindings (being very old) were a bit like ...continues
@danie10
Awesome idea. Let’s get rid of the standard command line shortcut keys that have been in place for decades, and used by countless other command line applications, and replace them with windows gui shortcut keys. And, make it the default so our long time users will have to opt out. I’m sure our they will love this.
@djinnsour@danie10 I'm not an advanced user, but I've always found it easy to tweak nanorc. Keybindings, colors, and other stuff is exactly what I want.
@groff@danie10
I can't tell you how tired I am of having to disable color output for every new terminal I need to connect to. Now I have to change keybindings to use a text edit I've been using for decades because they think it will attract Windows users?
@djinnsour it's not just Windows users as Linux has also long used ctrl-C for copy in its various browsers and other apps, as does LibraOffice and everything else I use. Why would I want each app to use different key bindings for various similar functions. Standardisation goes a long way to making things easier between different apps.
@danie10
There is no problem with them offering you a different set of key bindings. There is a big problem changing the default for everyone who has been using the standard Wordstar key bindings for decades.
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