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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%
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Old 01-28-2006, 04:05 PM   #1
jeremy
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Text Editor of the Year


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This one is always fun
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Old 01-28-2006, 04:22 PM   #2
Brian1
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Of course vi here.
Maybe nano or pico.
But for gui I would go with nedit
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Old 01-29-2006, 12:50 PM   #3
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I don't see my favorite.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/GXedit/
Jed is anather one I like.
I guess I'll pick....

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<edited later on>
I realize, theres only about 1000 text editors... I guess it'd be unrealistic to
list all of them, or even the 100 most popular... I'm not complaining.

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Old 01-29-2006, 12:56 PM   #4
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haha this is tough, vim is my console favourate and kate is my gui i use for java hmm.
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Old 01-29-2006, 05:06 PM   #5
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emacs, you heathens. 8-]
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Old 01-29-2006, 05:08 PM   #6
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vi, vi, vi...
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Old 01-29-2006, 05:12 PM   #7
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I love you, Kate :-D
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Old 01-29-2006, 06:56 PM   #8
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Kate and I are gonna get married!
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Old 01-29-2006, 09:25 PM   #9
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Kate definitely for GUI, Nano for console
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Old 01-29-2006, 10:02 PM   #10
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I gotta go with vi/vim, its always there for me.
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Old 01-29-2006, 10:07 PM   #11
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I had to vote for vi as well. Although, I've been playing with Acme in Plan9 and that's pretty cool as well.
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Old 01-29-2006, 10:14 PM   #12
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The vote goes to Kate. I also like the way you can easily switch between files with Kate.
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Old 01-30-2006, 01:36 AM   #13
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Pico for console (it's easier for me to do smth than with vi) and gedit for gui.
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Old 01-30-2006, 04:38 AM   #14
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I use nano on console and Mousepad for GUI.
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Old 01-30-2006, 04:47 AM   #15
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no xvi? lets take vi then, what else?
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