which I don’t need my three year computer science degree for.
vi really isn’t complex.
CUA editors
CUA editors work as long as there is grid display and ANSI input. They do not work in a line feed or console-line environment like telnet, console, etc., hence the need for hjkl movement.
Also CUA is an IBM initiative, it wasn’t followed everywhere.
Totally fair, I only learned because I was forced to.
Why wouldn’t it work over telnet when it works via SSH?
Serial consoles feed back information one line at a time, so no curses interfaces. No arrow keys, just hjkl. Anything that needs to count characters and columns (like position-based cursor editors like nano) won’t work over telnet.
in my console, or rather terminal
A serial console and a terminal aren’t the same thing.
Every time I do not have to use vi as editor I’m glad there’s CUA editors like micro which I don’t need my three year computer science degree for.
vi really isn’t complex.
CUA editors work as long as there is grid display and ANSI input. They do not work in a line feed or console-line environment like telnet, console, etc., hence the need for hjkl movement.
Also CUA is an IBM initiative, it wasn’t followed everywhere.
Vi is unintuitive and annoying to me. Others can use whatever they want but I can’t stand people who tell others they’re wrong for not preferring vi.
I use micro in my console, or rather terminal. Why wouldn’t it work over telnet when it works via SSH?
Totally fair, I only learned because I was forced to.
Serial consoles feed back information one line at a time, so no curses interfaces. No arrow keys, just hjkl. Anything that needs to count characters and columns (like position-based cursor editors like nano) won’t work over telnet.
A serial console and a terminal aren’t the same thing.
If you like micro, use micro. I don’t care.
I once had to edit and dump a Cisco config from a 10 switch stack over 9600 baud.
It took ages, and then I realised my fancy new terminal still had a default scrollback limit set, and had to do it again.
Actual torture.