Modern terminal-based text editor

Re:Modern terminal-based text editor by lloeki on Friday September 29, 2017 @08:36AM (#15364669)

`apt-get install emacs-nox` pulls in 83MB on jessie. The installed-by-default one is vim-tiny (clocking in at 27MB), not vim-nox (which pulls in an additional 21MB), for which there is no similar emacs package. Turns out nano is ~370kB, that makes for a small non-modal beginner editor, the modal one being covered by vim-tiny.

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Re:Modern terminal-based text editor by AsyncAwait on Friday September 29, 2017 @09:46AM (#15365179)

Fair, but I don't think 20MB vs 80MB should be a problem in 2017, people are downloading ~60GB games off Steam, downloading a ~5GB ISO every 6-24 months is not that much in comparison.

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Re:Modern terminal-based text editor by type0 on Sunday October 01, 2017 @06:52AM (#15377251)

For some people on the move data transfers are expensive, even if 80MB isn't much that adds up very fast.

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