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Gotta be jEdit, although I still have a lot of affection for emacs.
vi/vim is number one? I dunno, I find that kind of amazing - I can use vi (taught with it for years) but to me it seems a bit like programming in assembler language. It works fine, but why bother?
I'd say vi is hands down the best editor in the world - if it's 1983. Emacs ruled for a long time, but after using emacs exclusively for 10+ years, it took me less than a month to make the transition to jEdit, and I've never looked back. Pretty extraordinary app - I live in fear and awe of Slava.
Hey, I wonder - if all these people are voting for vi, why not show how really tough you are: any takers for ex?
I need an editor that can be customized. emacs wins. vi? That's the crappy old freebie that gets thrown in with Unix. sed is fine for scripting, but vi should be allowed to die.
jEdit... ongoing development (in the right direction), new features, squishing bugs, super-customizable, good community, multi-platform (for when you can't/don't use Linux) etc, etc, etc...
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