[Tutor] Question

[Alan Gauld]

"Python Nutter" <pythonnutter at gmail.com> wrote

> On the Mac I just linked ipython in the config file to nano
> On the iPhone 3G I just linked ipython in the config file to nano
> On the Linux/Ubuntu box I also linked to nano...
> 
> hmmm looks like I use nano a lot more than I though ;-)

Nothing to do with Python directly, but I'm curious...

nano is a very popular editor in Unix/Linux circles but I 
confess I never could figure out why? Is there something 
I'm missing?

What does nano do that vi (or emacs) doesn't? Given that vi 
is the "standard" editor on *nix ity would seem the obvious 
choice. But everyone seems to be using nano? Why?


PS. I should explain that I used to use Unix a lot but it was 
before nano appeared to proliferate so I never used it. Now 
I only use *nix occasionally but nano is everywhere it seems.

Alan G.