On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 09:04:03PM +0200, Micky Del Favero wrote:
> Svante Signell <svante.signell@???> writes:
>
> > Please don't exchange nano for vim. If you install vim as default you
> > should also install emaacs-nox for those not comfortable with
> > vim. nano is a simple editor good enough to edit e.g. configuration
> > files and to enable installation of vim/emacs/whatever if needed.
>
> I always use emacs, but I also think it's too big to fit in default
> installation and i don't ask to install emacs-nox, as every emacs user
> I know the magic ESC :q! combination to quit vi :-)
>
> I vote to put vi as default editor in devuan because vi is the default
> editor in every unix since ever and every unix user has to know how to
> use vi!

NO. Not every Unix user. Only the ones that use Unix variants that
force vi on them. Only those have to use vi.

nano is, as far as I can see, nobody's favorite editor. But it's also
nobody's anathema. It will give you enough breathing room to choose
the editor you really want.

-- hendrik