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Development Tools Git Basics Getting Started With Git Committing Changes

John Chybowski
John Chybowski
5,225 Points
Posted by John Chybowski
John Chybowski
5,225 Points

Nano editor - my "Git Commit" command launches Nano, but after typing, ctrl-X does nothing. Can't exit Nano.

Why would my Nano editor not behave as expected? Normally when I launch Nano, ctrl-X exits (and prompts me to save a file if I made changes). When I execute "Git Commit", Nano launches but I can't figure out how to exit Nano (and save the changes). In this case, ctrl-X brings up some carat-&-letter gobbledygook.

2 Answers

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

Hey John, I'm mobile right now but see if this helps you.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/398640/nano-unresponsive-when-using-git-commit-ubuntu-12-04

John Chybowski
John Chybowski
5,225 Points
John Chybowski
John Chybowski
5,225 Points

Dustin, that helped a lot. Thanks! I had no idea I was using vim. I'm going to look up how to change my default text editor to Nano, unless you have a better text editor recommendation.