Good minimalist text editor?

Xeratul · 05-11-2017, 02:44 PM

Hello,

Let's discuss about possible good minimalist text editor?

A small editor is good for learning programming in C.

There is nano which is quite nice, but actually,there are much simpler.

Here a good one, tiny, and simple to compile.
Just a single file for a good learning experience.
https://pastebin.com/raw/smjP1xvK

Laserbeak · 05-11-2017, 03:34 PM

I like vi

Xeratul · 05-11-2017, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Laserbeak

I like vi

nice. vi source code is no longer so easy to find.

Laserbeak · 05-11-2017, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Xeratul

nice. vi source code is no longer so easy to find.

Here's a clone of it: http://www.vim.org/about.php

Xeratul · 05-11-2017, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Laserbeak

Here's a clone of it: http://www.vim.org/about.php

I am not a fan of the source code of vim. Too heavy.

hydrurga · 05-11-2017, 04:27 PM

A web search for vi source code returns the following as the first result:

http://ex-vi.sourceforge.net/

coralfang · 05-11-2017, 05:10 PM

Pico (nano is a clone of this editor).

The simplest one i can think of is "ee", which you typically find on a FreeBSD system. You can get it running on Linux though. Sources are here:
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/t...ter/contrib/ee

frankbell · 05-11-2017, 08:04 PM

vim. Like vi, only improved.

Xeratul · 05-11-2017, 10:40 PM

what about ed?

Timothy Miller · 05-11-2017, 11:33 PM

I like vim.

Xeratul · 05-12-2017, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Timothy Miller

I like vim.

what about vi? vi is the barebone and sufficiently good to be used for long.

Shadow_7 · 05-12-2017, 12:16 AM

On the BSDs there's ee aka easy edit. Otherwise vi(m) and nano are about as light as it gets with syntax highlighting. With pico being a nano light. There's wordgrinder if you're more of a writer than a coder. And various latex things if you're more academic and need super and sub scripted characters and formulas.

Not that one "needs" a light editor with modern computers being so powerful. Except to learn how to make an editor, but many tutorials for languages start with a make an editor howto.

Timothy Miller · 05-12-2017, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Xeratul

what about vi? vi is the barebone and sufficiently good to be used for long.

I don't like vi at all. Too many features missing. First thing I always do is replace vi with vim on any system. IMO, vi isn't sufficient to be used for anything other than editing .bashrc with "alias vi='vim'"

ondoho · 05-12-2017, 12:57 AM

vi? ed? who uses text editors? real programers use cat (or a magnetized needle and a steady hand).

fatmac · 05-12-2017, 07:02 AM

Try ed, ex, or ee for minimalist editors.