nano-win VS micro-editor

Compare nano-win vs micro-editor and see what are their differences.

nano-win

GNU nano text editor for Windows [WARNING: The master branch is constantly rebased and force-pushed so don't expect it to be steady!! -end WARNING] (by lhmouse)
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nano-win micro-editor
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5.8 9.4
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C Go
GNU General Public License v3.0 only MIT License
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nano-win

Posts with mentions or reviews of nano-win. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-15.
  • For those who use Core installs, what are your pain points?
    4 projects | /r/WindowsServer | 15 Mar 2022
    Hi malxau. I am fully aware of your tools. Actually I am using yori in both my personal and work laptops. However, I am a fan of PowerShell, while my colleagues are not. I tried to use nano for Windows as a CLI text editor, yet I got used to micro. But I agree. It has been more than 5 years since the initial Core version was released and still the tooling is poor. An admin cannot just ssh into a windows server and do the work when it is required. Yes, RSAT is great. But for a Linux shop who has limited use of Windows, things get hard. And Windows Admin Center is not that good yet.

micro-editor

Posts with mentions or reviews of micro-editor. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-17.
  • Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Apr 2024
  • Modeless Vim
    13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Jan 2024
  • Essential Command Line Tools for Developers
    29 projects | dev.to | 15 Jan 2024
    To see more screenshots of micro, showcasing some of the default color schemes, see here.
  • Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong
    22 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Jan 2024
    Not sure these are really popular, but I cannot resist advertising a few utilities written in Go that I regularly use in my daily workflow:

    - gdu: a NCDU clone, much faster on SSD mounts [1]

    - duf: a `df` clone with a nicer interface [2]

    - massren: a `vidir` clone (simpler to use but with fewer options) [3]

    - gotop: a `top` clone [4]

    - micro: a nice TUI editor [5]

    Building this kind of tools in Go makes sense, as the executables are statically compiled and are thus easy to install on remote servers.

    [1]: https://github.com/dundee/gdu

    [2]: https://github.com/muesli/duf

    [3]: https://github.com/laurent22/massren

    [4]: https://github.com/xxxserxxx/gotop

    [5]: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro

  • Text Editor: Data Structures
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Dec 2023
    > The worst way to store and manipulate text is to use an array.

    Claim made from theoretical considerations, without any actual reference to real-world editors. The popular Micro[1] text editor uses a simple line array[2], and performs fantastically well on real-world editing tasks.

    Meanwhile, ropes are so complicated that even high-quality implementations have extremely subtle bugs[3] that can lead to state or content corruption.

    Which data structure is "best" is not just a function of its asymptotic performance. Practical considerations are equally important (arguably more so).

    [1] https://github.com/zyedidia/micro

    [2] https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/blob/master/internal/buffe...

    [3] https://github.com/cessen/ropey/pull/67

  • A nano like text editor built with pure C
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Dec 2023
  • A simple guide for configuring sudo and doas
    3 projects | dev.to | 24 Dec 2023
    There are two main ways to configure sudo.The first one is using the sudoers file.It is located at /etc/sudoers for Linux,and /usr/local/etc/sudoers for FreeBSD respectively.The paths are different,but the configuration works in the same way. A typical sudoers file looks like this. The sudoers file must be edited with the visudo command,which ensures the config is free of errors.Running this command as the root user will result in opening vi by default.If you want to use a different editor you can set the VISUAL environment varaible to the editor you want. For example,if you want to use micro as the text editor run:
  • what terminal emulator do you use and why?
    9 projects | /r/archlinux | 10 Dec 2023
    found that micro has dedicated info page for copy paste
  • Microsoft is exploring adding a command line text editor into Windows, and it wants your feedback
    6 projects | /r/Windows11 | 9 Dec 2023
    micro: winget install zyedidia.micro
  • What is the best basic ass text editor?
    1 project | /r/windows | 9 Dec 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nano-win and micro-editor you can also consider the following projects:

vis - A vi-like editor based on Plan 9's structural regular expressions

helix - A post-modern modal text editor.

yori - Yori is a CMD replacement shell that supports backquotes, job control, and improves tab completion, file matching, aliases, command history, and more.

filemanager-plugin - A file manager plugin for the editor "Micro"

dte - A small, configurable console text editor (mirrored from https://gitlab.com/craigbarnes/dte)

kakoune - mawww's experiment for a better code editor

xclip - Command line interface to the X11 clipboard

vim-surround - surround.vim: Delete/change/add parentheses/quotes/XML-tags/much more with ease

editorconfig-core-go - EditorConfig Core written in Go

html-to-markdown - ⚙️ Convert HTML to Markdown. Even works with entire websites and can be extended through rules.

edex-ui - A cross-platform, customizable science fiction terminal emulator with advanced monitoring & touchscreen support.