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Old 11-06-2004, 06:22 PM   #1
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x text editor


I have been looking for a simple X text editor but the only thing I found was xedit which has a serious memory leak, would anyone care to recommend a good text editor for X ?
 
Old 11-06-2004, 06:40 PM   #2
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I like emacs
 
Old 11-06-2004, 07:03 PM   #3
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kedit is... simple.

not elegent like vi tho.
 
Old 11-08-2004, 02:48 AM   #4
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nedit.
 
Old 11-08-2004, 02:49 AM   #5
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gvim is x version of vim
 
Old 11-08-2004, 04:15 AM   #6
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Kwrite is another x text editor -> very good
 
Old 11-08-2004, 04:21 AM   #7
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Gvim is good, so is emacs. Both of these are very powerful text editors that are also useful to learn...


--Ian
 
Old 11-08-2004, 05:48 AM   #8
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gedit maybe? ..
 
Old 11-08-2004, 06:09 AM   #9
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http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Text_editor

the wiki is your friend .........
 
  


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