Text Editor of the Year

brijwhiz · 01-06-2015, 01:03 AM

Vim, though I am trying to learn Emacs in the coming year.

Hotelsinger · 01-06-2015, 10:29 AM

champted · 01-06-2015, 11:42 AM

in the GUI: Kate
on the CL: vim or nano (depending on my mood)

flshope · 01-06-2015, 06:02 PM

I used NEdit for most of 10 years, until the clipboard lock problem (disables copy/paste) became so pervasive that it became almost useless. I suspect the problem was related to leaving unsaved changes sitting around for a long time, but that is unconfirmed. The only repeatable solution I ever found was to close all running instances of NEdit and restart them. Too much of a hassle.

I always liked Nedit because it was simple to do everything I needed (mostly coding fortran and manipulating data files).

But I gave it up and now use emacs exclusively.

normanlinux · 01-07-2015, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Head_on_a_Stick

I vote for ed!

It's the standard text editor...

Don't you mean cat?

teresaejunior · 01-07-2015, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by normanlinux

Don't you mean cat?

Code:

$ man ed

ED(1)               Unix Programmer's Manual                ED(1)

NAME
     ed - text editor

SYNOPSIS
     ed [ - ] [ -x ] [ name ]
DESCRIPTION
     Ed is the standard text editor.

Quote:

1 In the beginning, there was ed.
2 Ed is the standard text editor.
3 Then there was vi, and it was good.
4 Then came emacs, and a dearth of RAM...

http://wordwarvi.sourceforge.net/

dunne · 01-07-2015, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by normanlinux

Don't you mean cat?

No. cat is the standard text *entry* program, of course; but to edit existing text, ed is the discerning user's tool of choice.

Myk267 · 01-07-2015, 03:04 PM

Emacs with Prelude is my toy of choice.

smeezekitty · 01-07-2015, 03:19 PM

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No. cat is the standard text *entry* program, of course; but to edit existing text, ed is the discerning user's tool of choice.

Oh come on. Real *nix hackers edit the disk sectors directly

ordealbyfire83 · 01-07-2015, 09:00 PM

+1 for Pluma. Great for taking notes, writing LaTeX, and just about anything else you can throw at it. But Vim for less "ordinary" tasks.

normanlinux · 01-08-2015, 04:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dunne

No. cat is the standard text *entry* program, of course; but to edit existing text, ed is the discerning user's tool of choice.

But unix freaks can combine cat with head and tail

JZL240I-U · 01-08-2015, 04:29 AM

What do you mean with that? Every cat has a head and a tail anyhow...

*SCNR*

normanlinux · 01-08-2015, 04:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JZL240I-U

What do you mean with that? Every cat has a head and a tail anyhow...

*SCNR*

Not on the Isle of Man :-(

JZL240I-U · 01-08-2015, 05:08 AM

On the isle of man cats live headless?

brianL · 01-08-2015, 05:12 AM

For a few seconds, maybe.