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Re:GNU Nano 4.0 by simias on Sunday March 24, 2019 @11:49AM (#19476972)
Being an Emacs user I use Zile for that since it's effectively a trimmed-down version of Emacs. Of course unlike nano it's not usually installed by default on most distros, so I still have to use nano or vi from time to time, but I can't say I enjoy it very much.
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Re:GNU Nano 4.0 by komon on Sunday March 24, 2019 @12:36PM (#19477223)
I often reach for

  emacs -nw -Q
It boots up quickly and the basic editing defaults are all there. Has the advantage of being everywhere Emacs already is as well
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Re:GNU Nano 4.0 by mruts on Sunday March 24, 2019 @01:12PM (#19477449)
I like mg as an emacs-like editor that is simple and quick. Made by the great OpenBSD folks and is of great quality with good documentation.
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Re:GNU Nano 4.0 by wglb on Sunday March 24, 2019 @01:58PM (#19477693)
Actually made by David G Conroy while he was at Mark Williams, and open sourced. I kicked around to various folks and ended up in the gnu fold.
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Re:GNU Nano 4.0 by spudlyo on Sunday March 24, 2019 @01:45PM (#19477615)
If I want a light version of emacs (like on OpenWRT, or a constrained embedded device) I reach for JOVE, or Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs. JOVE was actually the version of emacs I first learned on back in the late 80s.

JOVE is tiny, and has implemented a huge amount of emacs. After you spend 15 minutes or so tweaking your .joverc file you won't even notice it's not GNU.

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Re:GNU Nano 4.0 by dehrmann on Sunday March 24, 2019 @02:53PM (#19478040)
When I'm not using an IDE, I'm a vi user because it's always there. When my /usr on FreeBSD has issues, vi is in /bin. OpenWrt ships with vi. I honestly have no idea if Emacs is any better, but not being a default makes it a non-starter for me.
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Re:GNU Nano 4.0 by h1d on Monday March 25, 2019 @01:19AM (#19480445)
Do you really have that many occasions to work in an environment where you can't ask for/install a package?

Limiting yourself for such rare occasions just sounds wrong.

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Re:GNU Nano 4.0 by dsq on Monday March 25, 2019 @08:41AM (#19481966)
Production corporate environments are often firewalled/locked down. To change anything you have to go through layers of dis/approval. You are generally stuck with the defaults till the end of time.
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