If we’re talking purely something basic to be able to edit some shit on the system i think i would choose nano, purely because i’ve used it for years to edit everything (yes, even config files in full programming languages lol) and thus i’m very familiar with it. If we’re talking anything terminal-based in general, i like helix as a modal editor. I chose it over neovim at the time because i didn’t feel like configuring the whole thing, and helix is pretty much ready to go with lsp and everything ootb. A few weeks ago though i decided to make the switch to emacs, since i use guix now, so it felt like a natural fit. I might check out emacs in the terminal at some point, but i’m sticking with the gui for now.