E. Liddell wrote:
If I recall correctly, pico was originally the editor
for the pine mailer,
and nano was a clone of it created to avoid licensing issues. And yes,
for the casual user who doesn't intend to immerse him- or herself in a
command-line editor, nano is superior to either vi or emacs.
Regarding editors
If you have not heard of, there is "ne", which is my favorite command line
editor - unfortunately is not installed by default in debian and is not
available on other distros.
It is however impressive. I can recommend