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Before I got around to learning
vi, I spent a few years usingjoe, which seems to have fallen out of active development (the last release was in 2018). It's a terminal-based editor that bears some resemblance to old DOS editors.https://joe-editor.sourceforge.io/
I use joe regularly for in-terminal editing. It's easy, lightweight and very helpful, unlike vi...
I'd argue that vi/vim is fairly light depending on how you're using it. I don't use any plug-ins and I much prefer it over GUI programs other than in exceptional circumstances