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Discussion on: Is Vim or Nano Better for Linux User?

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Marco Rodríguez Navarro

Personally, I think this is not a fair comparison. Nowadays vim has lots of customization options. Heck, you can search for "Vim as a full IDE" and several guides will come up.
However, I don't see much of improvements for nano. I guess because nano is not a realistic option for anyone to do any serious job, besides quickly edit a config file in a server (or any similar task).
A fairer match would be "vi vs nano". These two are by default in almost all linux distros, and both fulfill the same goal: to make quick changes.