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Or "vim". "vi" is the editor wars' straw man. Never heard of mg.
mg is a smaller, only slightly configurable editor that behaves like Emacs's defaults.
This doesn't solve one problem that sends me running to nano a lot: having very old Emacs versions (usually 21) on the server that don't work with my configuration.
You could always install a recent version of Emacs yourself even if you're not an admin, can't you? Also, don't forget the options for remote editing.
I am using the TRAMP support instead from my desktop Emacs which runs all the time. TRAMP support within Emacs is very good, aside of the dired support all the vc commands work on the remote machines, too.
I use emacs for long haul editing, but vi for quick edits and sysadmin work.
That's just silly. mg is much nicer.
http://packages.debian.org/sid/mg
http://packages.debian.org/sid/mg
$ emacs -q works pretty well for quick edits too
Hooray for gedit!
I just run "emacs --daemon" when I log in, "emacsclient -c" to get my main emacs X frame, and then "emacsclient -t foo.bar" when I need to edit something. (Actually, I alias "emacsclient -t" to "ec", so "ec foo.bar".)
If you don't want to install Emacs for some reason, "mg" is a much better choice than vi or nano.