Just a thought: how about building these editor options into the
installer? That way everyone's happy before they even log in for the
first time...

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Please choose your default text editor:

[x] Nano (recommended for beginners)
[ ] Vim (more experienced users)
[ ] Emacs (more experienced users)
[ ] Visual Studio (our little joke)

You can install other editors via the command line (apt-get install
packagename) or graphical utility (Synaptic, etc) after installation.

To change your default editor after installation, [quick instruction here].

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My 2 sesterces,

Dave Harrison