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Re:Modern terminal-based text editor by nl on Friday September 29, 2017 @04:31AM (#15363663)
Having been stuck on a system where the only editor was Ed, I'd say nano availability can be a big win for the user.
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Re:Modern terminal-based text editor by zimpenfish on Friday September 29, 2017 @06:12AM (#15364036)
When I was a lad, I had to port ed in order to have a console-based editor.

(True story - A5000 with RISCOS back in about 1993)

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Re:Modern terminal-based text editor by joosters on Friday September 29, 2017 @08:32AM (#15364647)
Can we start a !Zap vs !StrongEd argument here? :)

(Zap wins, of course!)

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