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Add CLI text editors to workbench-session image

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Description

Original issue: https://github.com/rstudio/rstudio-docker-products/issues/873

Currently, it appears that our r-session-complete images don't include any way to edit text on the CLI, no vim or nano. We should add these to images since they are relatively small and cause a poor admin and user experience when trying to verify pod configuration files and other pod specific details. Also some users prefer to do some editing with these files.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating the configuration for the r-session-complete or workbench-session images referenced in the issue and review how image packages are declared. Confirm the resulting image provides both vim and nano for CLI editing, then build or inspect the image to verify they are available.

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Assessment

Tech stack
vim
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
65/100

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