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by jgtrosh 2766 days ago
It is indeed quite amazing how modal editing is usually defined by vi, which does so in very specific ways, when there are alternatives (like kakoune) which really show there's a whole spectrum of possible implementations of that idea. I wish there was a modal editor with the same scope as nano which would help introducing that concept to newcomers without aiming to maximize productivity / expressiveness.
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Well, nano is modal. If you press CAPS LOCK you enter "uppercase mode" :)