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    i would advise you to never suggest any sort of terminal text editor, just use textedit.app in the command instead of nano, because terminal text editors are just barbaric. Commented Mar 10, 2012 at 20:28
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    Nano is quite user-friendly, IMO, and it's really annoying to try to edit something with root privileges from the GUI. Commented Mar 10, 2012 at 21:22
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    @XAleXOwnZX: I'm sorry but that's just bad advice. If anything, you'll find it next to impossible to edit these files in TextEdit.app because a lack of privileges, as NReilingh also pointed out. Also, it is not unreasonable to expect some aquaintance with the console from any (aspiring) web developer. Commented Mar 11, 2012 at 21:08
  • generally works if u sudo it Commented Mar 12, 2012 at 13:47
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    @XAleXOwnZX: With all due respect, that is arguably the worst advice I have ever seen on a Stack Exchange property. I agree that a GUI text editor is probably a better approach for people who are not programmers or who don't have much unix experience, however, TextEdit is the wrong application to advise using simply because it defaults to a variable-width font and rich text. This can cause all sorts of problems (beyond the simple usability nightmare of writing code in variable-width) that will be extremely difficult or impossible for this person to debug. Commented May 13, 2012 at 0:35