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Re: nano copy/paste dead



On Monday 02 September 2019 02:16:36 Felix Miata wrote:

> Gene Heskett composed on 2019-09-02 02:03 (UTC-0400):
> > I've enabled a bunch of options that make nano a better editor, like
> > line numbers and smooth scrolling so you can better
>
> Smooth scrolling doesn't make anything better.


it sure makes it a lot easier to track where I am in the file for these 
ancient eyes.  That half a screen height jump is a huge distraction.

> It does cause more need 
> to find dumb defaults to negate.
>
> Do your options cause the same problem in your MC editor?

Yes, as I generally use nano (Option 1) as the default editor for an F4 
launch.

Thanks Felix.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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