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I wasn't even aware that nano could be used as a "real" editor before I read these comments. I always thought it was like notepad.exe, meant for quick edits but not for any serious work.

I just discovered that it supports syntax highlighting, multiple buffer support, macros, a file browser and auto-indentation. It's only a matter of time before it gets Python scripting support. I'm sure its great if you like the editor but for something that's called "nano" it definitely reeks of feature creep, actually I just checked that the nano binary on my system is actually bigger than vi.

That being said when the most popular code editor these days is an Electron app, I suppose that "nano" is not technically false advertising.