It doesn’t have to be X, just the fact that it uses modifier keys is enough. It could be Q or anything else, just please, for the love of god, we live in the 21st century now, all keyboards have modifier keys, please, add modifier keys shortcuts as well.
Why is Ctrl-X intuitive? Shouldn’t it be Ctrl-Q (for “quit”)?
CTRL+eXit
In most apps, Ctrl-X means “cut”, not “quit”. Especially when it’s a freakin’ text editor!
I will grant you that it’s more intuitive than vi, but that is a very, very low bar.
It doesn’t have to be X, just the fact that it uses modifier keys is enough. It could be Q or anything else, just please, for the love of god, we live in the 21st century now, all keyboards have modifier keys, please, add modifier keys shortcuts as well.
Because it also sends the kill signal in every terminal I’ve witnessed yet… And you have it right on screen the second you start Nano.
Because nano just shows how to exit, as well as some other basic functions at bottom