Nano is no longer a GNU project

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Post by wtbob » Wed, Jun 22, 2016, 11:42 AM UTC

Nano is no longer a GNU project
nano-editor.org

Re: Nano is no longer a GNU project

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Post by bechampion » Wed, Jun 22, 2016, 12:14 PM UTC

don't want to sound nasty , but is anyone there using nano really ? i know it come by default in some distros but that's about it really.

Re: Nano is no longer a GNU project

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Post by deevious » Wed, Jun 22, 2016, 12:15 PM UTC

Looks like the devels weren't all that happy about assigning the copyright of their code to the FSF.

Part of the e-mail thread discussing the move is here https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2016-05/msg000...

I did't have the time to dig out the whole conversation history.

Re: Nano is no longer a GNU project

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jun 22, 2016, 12:16 PM UTC

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Re: Nano is no longer a GNU project

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Post by xrstf » Wed, Jun 22, 2016, 12:17 PM UTC

bechampion wrote: post #2

don't want to sound nasty , but is anyone there using nano really ? i know it come by default in some distros but that's about it really.

I use it constantly, because I'm quicker making small edits with it than with vim. I would sorely miss it if it's not installed on a server.

Re: Nano is no longer a GNU project

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Post by ultramancool » Wed, Jun 22, 2016, 12:17 PM UTC

bechampion wrote: post #2

don't want to sound nasty , but is anyone there using nano really ? i know it come by default in some distros but that's about it really.

I use it to hack config files on many distros because I find vi atrocious and don't want to install emacs on systems that aren't mine.

Re: Nano is no longer a GNU project

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Post by deevious » Wed, Jun 22, 2016, 12:18 PM UTC

bechampion wrote: post #2

don't want to sound nasty , but is anyone there using nano really ? i know it come by default in some distros but that's about it really.

I seldom used it a long time ago, before learning the basics of vi(m). It's great when you need to change some random config and you need a commandline editor that has the basic commands listed in plain sight all the time.

Re: Nano is no longer a GNU project

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Post by maze-le » Wed, Jun 22, 2016, 12:19 PM UTC

bechampion wrote: post #2

don't want to sound nasty , but is anyone there using nano really ? i know it come by default in some distros but that's about it really.

> but is anyone there using nano really?

Yes, because vim is a pain in the ... and emacs is too big sometimes.

Re: Nano is no longer a GNU project

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Post by nacnud » Wed, Jun 22, 2016, 12:21 PM UTC

bechampion wrote: post #2

don't want to sound nasty , but is anyone there using nano really ? i know it come by default in some distros but that's about it really.

A fair few raspberry-pi tutorials seem to prefer Nano, for users new to Linux.

Re: Nano is no longer a GNU project

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Post by baldfat » Wed, Jun 22, 2016, 12:21 PM UTC

xrstf wrote: post #5

bechampion wrote: post #2

don't want to sound nasty , but is anyone there using nano really ? i know it come by default in some distros but that's about it really.

I use it constantly, because I'm quicker making small edits with it than with vim. I would sorely miss it if it's not installed on a server.

I hear this faster for small things but if you use vim I would say I can make changes in a small document twice as fast.

They should have a new tag line:

Nano the plain text editor for non-Vim maybe EMACS users?