Nano 5.0 Released As A Big Feature Update To This Easy-To-Use Terminal Text Editor

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Nano 5.0 Released As A Big Feature Update To This Easy-To-Use Terminal Text Editor

The popular GNU Nano terminal text editor has reached version 5.0...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nano-5.0-Released

[bug77]

Neat. I'm one of those that will pick nano over vim any day

[FireBurn]

Neat. I'm one of those that will pick nano over vim any day

It was a nightmare when I had to switch to vim because they used it at work, not I use it everywhere and it's a bit weird going back to nano if I ever have to use it

[cl333r]

For terminals supporting at least 256 colors (...)

What are they trying to stay compatible with?

[Mez']

Nano has been a loyal backup to me since forever for when some tinkering shit goes wrong.

It's always allowed me somehow to recover from a screwed system, graphics wise or general recovery wise.

As long as I can boot into a command line, there's hope thanks to nano.
And there's still chroot from a live install as a user-friendly last resort.

[CommunityMember]

nano makes me pine for pico

[Raka555]

So they are working to turn Nano into micro-,milli- etc ...

[bug77]

It was a nightmare when I had to switch to vim because they used it at work, not I use it everywhere and it's a bit weird going back to nano if I ever have to use it

Well, it's not like I can't work with vim (I just did, 15 minutes ago). But I prefer nano.

[schmidtbag]

Nano is only now getting syntax highlighting for Haskell and markdown? Not like I really care - I'll likely never use Haskell and I rarely use markdown, let alone from a CLI.

The scrollbar is a cool and very-welcome feature though.

[CochainComplex]

nano best buddy if only a terminal is available.