Changes/UseNanoByDefault

Make nano the default editor

Summary

vim is powerful. nano is simple. Let's use nano as the default editor across all of Fedora.

Owner

• Name: Chris Murphy
• Email: chrismurphy@fedoraproject.org

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora 33
• Last updated: 2020-06-12
• FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
• Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
• Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

nano is already installed across most Fedora Editions and Spins. This proposal will make it the default editor, while continuing to install vim-minimal.

vim requires esoteric knowledge, or Googling, for common editing tasks: entering edit mode, saving, quitting. Let's leave such power in the hands of experts.

Benefit to Fedora

• Makes the default editor across all of Fedora more approachable.
• Nano is also mostly self-documenting, by displaying common keyboard shortcuts on-screen).
• More in line with the default editor of other distributions.

Scope

• Proposal owners:

• • Modify comps to include nano Fedora wide
  • Create a package that provides /usr/bin/editor ... sprinkle on some magic and voila. Also include this package in comps.

• Other developers: N/A

• Release engineering: [1]

• Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

• Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

Upgrade/compatibility impact

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

How To Test

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Dependencies

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Contingency Plan

• Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No
• Blocks product? product

Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)