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Tbf, the file explorer is actually one really good argument for GUIs over terminals. Same with editing text. Its either simple enough to use Nano or I need a proper text editor. I don't mess around with vim or anything like that that.
Its all tools. Some things are easier in a file manager, some things are easier in a GUI.
You've angered the Emacs gods π¨
Good. They need to be humbled haha
I think it depends, if I have a simple file structure and know where stuff is, it's pretty efficient to do operations in the terminal.
If I have a billion files to go through a file manager might be easier.
Nano, the best text editor
Yeah I prefer fancy text editor too. And my biggest heartbreak was learning that I can't just
sudo kate(there's a way to use Kate to edit with higher privileges but I never remember how, edit: apparently it's opensuse specific problem).Born to Kate, forced to nano
The problem is running GUI code as root as it's never been vetted for that. What you want, effectively, is to have
EDITORvariable of your session set tokateand open system files usingsudoedit. I'm a terminal guy myself, so this exact thing is enough for me. Having said that - I'm sure someone will chime in with a plugin/addon/extension/etc that adds this to the right click context for what I assume is KDE. Or you can try looking for that om your favourite search engine.You can edit system files with a GUI text editor by opening the containing folder as root in a GUI file manager, then opening the file you want to edit from there.