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hishamhm / dit

A console text editor for Unix systems that you already know how to use
http://hisham.hm/dit
GNU General Public License v2.0
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[DOC / FAQ entry] Comparison of dit to other editors, such as nano #22

Closed ghost closed 7 years ago

ghost commented 7 years ago

Hello hisham,

On your FAQ page for dit at: http://hisham.hm/dit/?page=faq

You mention the target audience and why you started dit. You also mention vim and emacs as two editors (who admittedly have quite a steep learning curve).

Do you think it would be a useful addition to compare dit to nano?

Because from the screenshot alone, dit reminds me a bit of nano but I guess the behaviour is different between these two. For example, I do not recall nano having e. g. such scrollbars. Perhaps that could go into the FAQ - either way please do feel free to close this issue here at any moment in time. \o/

hishamhm commented 7 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion! But I don't wish to get into straight comparisons like that for Dit. For htop I did it because htop was created aiming to be a "top replacement". For Dit, I'm not setting the target on any particular editor. I just wanted to make something with intuiitve operation for someone who is used to entering text anywhere else (such as this Github form box, even :) )