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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday September 16 2018, @01:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the nano-news dept.

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

A new major release of open source text editor GNU nano is here. GNU nano 3.0 reads files 70% faster and brings several other features.

GNU nano is one of the most popular terminal based text editors. Those who keep forgetting how to exit Vim, seek refuge with GNU nano. It's a godsend for beginners who have to deal with editing in the command line while the experienced nano fans just swear by it.

I wouldn't normally consider a new version of a text editor really newsworthy but a 70% read speed increase is interesting to investigate even if only for an example of how not to do things from the prior versions.

Source: https://itsfoss.com/nano-3-release/


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  • (Score: 2) by jmorris on Sunday September 16 2018, @05:17PM (1 child)

    by jmorris (4844) on Sunday September 16 2018, @05:17PM (#735698)

    Yes they would. Where do you think the UNIX Haters come from, what their goal is? What RedHat and Pottering's goal is? They openly tell us they dream of a day when you can boot to a desktop and live a happy productive life without any shell installed, nor a terminal emulator. Believe them, they mean it.

    It is like the people who watch the "Allah Akbar" types declare their intent to cut our infidel necks and they simply can't process such an alien idea, so support importing a few million more of them into Western countries. Pottering doesn't want to cut our neck, but he WILL erase UNIX culture just as completely if allowed.

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  • (Score: 2) by Subsentient on Monday September 17 2018, @02:01AM

    by Subsentient (1111) on Monday September 17 2018, @02:01AM (#735825) Homepage Journal

    I love UNIX. I love the shell. I agree that it should be possible to use Linux without a shell, but I would never want that for myself. I live in the shell. I have several open at all times.

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    "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." -Jiddu Krishnamurti