Actually any vi editor is better than nano on slow connections. It has commands to move the cursor wherever you like with way less keypresses than using the directional keys.
Nano can jump too
Re:Modern terminal-based text editor
by michaelmior on Thursday September 28, 2017 @11:24PM
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I'm curious about the claim that nano is "best editor for slow connections." What features make that the case? Genuinely curious as it's not a factor I've considered.
Remember that over SSH you have to send every character over the wire. If you have a slow connection you'll probably prefer editors that avoid redrawing a lot and nano fits the bill pretty well. Although since they added syntax highlighting it's getting pretty heavy.
Re:Modern terminal-based text editor
by michaelmior on Friday September 29, 2017 @04:35PM
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Fair point. Personally this is why I like to use mosh[0] where possible. For a period of time, my parents had satellite Internet and unsurprisingly the latency was terrible. mosh made any remote work during my visits tolerable.
But please, instead of screaming upon being hit with that bright blue background, run mc, press F9, go to General > Appearance and select the dark or darkfar theme :) (and F10 to save config and exit)
Having said that, it breaks my heart a little to see nano bashed like that. (those of you who upvoted parent, I'm looking at you too!)
nano is 1) designed to be the best editor for slow connections, 2) Its source code is also quite easy to instrument. Eg. if you need a nano that is able to edit just a single file, someone familiar with application programming in C on linux can do it in no time.