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Is there any text editor (terminal) with syntax highlighting, but lightweight as nano. vim, emacs are very powerfull, but they're very hard to use, especially for newbies. Aren't there any easy to use ?
Recently I've found that I can uncomment some lines in /etc/nano/nanorc and get extra features such as text highlighting. Nano is very nice and simple. I like it.
Also I will try what you sugested
vim isn't hard to use; it's just different. Think of learning
how to use it as switching from automatic to manual driving ;}
Takes a while but it's great fun when you've mastered it.
I agree with you. Vim is nice. I know some commands by now, but when I need to do something fast then it might be confusing a little bit. I will learn vim and use. Its really nice. But now I have editor for fast using
By the way, SciTE, medit and geany are for graphic interface as I understand. I don't use it. Only command line.
1. Nano very simple and highlighting works after tuning nanorc file. No highlighting for config files or files without extension
2. Jed ir very user friendly, but the same situation with highlighting
3. Vim - not very user friendly, but has lots of benefits including full highlighting
What is best ? I think best is to learn vim Until then use nano (for its simplicity)
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Until then use nano (for its simplicity)
