Text Editor of the Year

sycamorex · 01-13-2010, 06:55 AM

Am I the only one who uses emacs?

brianL · 01-13-2010, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by sycamorex

Am I the only one who uses emacs?

No, I think RMS uses it as well.

sycamorex · 01-13-2010, 08:28 AM

Thanks, that's comforting.

raju.mopidevi · 01-13-2010, 08:36 PM

kwrite

chrism01 · 01-15-2010, 12:34 AM

vim FTW

vi will do if vim is not avail eg commercial Unices

MBybee · 01-15-2010, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by chrism01

vim FTW

vi will do if vim is not avail eg commercial Unices

Ironically, this is exactly the reason I ended up learning VI/Vim oh so long ago.

My favorite editor of all time is TPU, then edit /tpu, then when I had to deal with Unix more I ended up with VI.

There is a TPU type emulation for Emacs, but it doesn't do a very good job (no offense to the dev - it's a nice try). It made it so slow and cumbersome (and simply didn't do a lot of stuff). So back to VI.

VI of course lead to Vim which has become very nearly universal

indienick · 01-15-2010, 09:54 PM

I will take my Lisp-aware Emacs, thank you very much. Truth be told, though, I have gotten to like VI (VI != VIM).

Could anyone tell me, why no modern, VI(M) implementation has Lisp-mode any more? In my copy of The Ultimate Guide to the VI and EX Text Editors (1990), it says there is a Lisp-mode, but if you check through the man pages for VI on any BSD, they say that Lisp-mode is not yet implemented.

Should be accessible through:

Code:

:set lisp

librano · 01-17-2010, 04:32 PM

Kate is Kewl

raju.mopidevi · 01-17-2010, 04:36 PM

Hi Librano,
You lost your choice. KATE is there.

vim
vi
emacs
Kate
leafpad
jEdit
nano
gedit
pico
Nedit
joe
Scite
Midnight Commander Editor
KWrite
Mousepad
Scribes
medit

Rumor · 01-18-2010, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by flatdog

vim.
And geany, not listed here

+1 to both

Tom6 · 01-18-2010, 09:11 AM

It's there ready in my daily use distro with no frills or fuss. It works so i haven't really tried others. Nice enough gui.

I also like vi when i was stuck on a command-line for a little while. Very nice

Scite is pretty. It seems a lot of work has gone into making a lot of nice text-editors to suit different ppl for different purposes. That's what i really like. If i was forced to use only the 1 text-editor i would resent it but having the choice allows me to relax and enjoy it

Thanks all and regards from
Tom

JZL240I-U · 01-20-2010, 05:14 AM

I only recently installed KDE 4.x along with SuSE 11.2. There is a new Kwrite there which is a real lot improved over the older version(s). I voted for Kate but I'm not sure that this came about only because I have no experience with Kwrite yet...

choogendyk · 01-20-2010, 06:28 AM

vi forever!

(I have to confess, though, that I really like and use TextWrangler on my Mac desktop. But routine editing on my servers is always with vi.)

anticapitalista · 01-20-2010, 08:45 AM

nano and geany

kenny_mckormick · 01-20-2010, 09:57 AM

I use only vim and geany (not listed here)