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View Poll Results: Editor of the Year
vi/vim
588 37.96%
emacs/xemacs
134 8.65%
jEdit
28 1.81%
nano
150 9.68%
pico
49 3.16%
Kate
348 22.47%
gedit
122 7.88%
Nedit
32 2.07%
joe
30 1.94%
Scite
19 1.23%
Midnight Commander Editor
49 3.16%
#76
Member
Registered: Apr 2005
Location: England
Distribution: Arch Linux
Posts: 223
Rep:
KWrite is good though, it uses syntax highlighting and everything, I do any scripting, programming, developing there.
#77
Member
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Copenhagen
Distribution: Debian E, Vectorlinux 5.1std, Arch, Gentoo 2006.0
Posts: 576
Rep:
Voted for nano. Next would be vi which is probably better, but for now I prefer the easy choice
#78
LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2005
Location: Gibsonton, FL
Distribution: Gentoo, Slackware
Posts: 24
Rep:
VIM EATS EMACS ALIVE
#79
Member
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Necropolis
Distribution: FreeBSD
Posts: 47
Rep:
I like mcedit most!
#80
Senior Member
Registered: Oct 2004
Distribution: FreeBSD Centos Arch
Posts: 1,369
Rep:
ee for CLI
#81
LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2006
Posts: 1
Rep:
There is no text editor but vi, and kate is more than a text editor.
#82
Member
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Leiden, Netherlands
Distribution: SuSE; Fedora;Slackware
Posts: 58
Rep:
Haven't seen my faithful workhorse mentioned yet, so here is a vote for joe
#83
LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2005
Posts: 9
Rep:
emacs: that is until the vi cops show up.
#84
Member
Registered: Dec 2002
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 927
Rep:
good that vi is at the top of the list - so we don't have to bother reading all the others....
#85
Member
Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Chennai, India
Distribution: Slackware 10, Ubuntu, Debian Sarge
Posts: 53
Rep:
Emacs, with the CTRL key bound, as someone said. But vi is still easier for quick editing.
#86
LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2005
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 8
Rep:
KWrite people: Kate is basically the same app with just a different frontend, so maybe you could vote for it as a substitute...
#87
Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Mexico City
Distribution: Fedora, Ubuntu & Mint
Posts: 1,679
Rep:
For me it is VIM for console, gedit for GNOME.
#88
LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2006
Posts: 8
Rep:
Hey just like Eclipse, this guy too works similarly on WiN and Linux.GR8
#89
LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2005
Distribution: Fedora Linux
Posts: 10
Rep:
da good ol vi wat else ?
#90
Moderator
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: in a fallen world
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
Posts: 22,116
Quote:
Originally Posted by krindik
da good ol vi wat else ?
Does vi make you use a spell-checker?
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