tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post8632641745441534679..comments2023-12-17T00:45:31.252+02:00Comments on TuxArena Blog: 14 Most Popular Text Editors for LinuxCraciun Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03828173788831953470noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-64283120231168536682016-05-27T05:25:59.523+03:002016-05-27T05:25:59.523+03:00Craciun Dan, thou son of darkness, I suspect thine...Craciun Dan, thou son of darkness, I suspect thine ill conversion. Say thee me: art thou at present in communion with any church of renown? Art thou a member of the Church of Emacs, that worshippeth in St IGNUcius' meeting-house?<br /><br />If thou art not, then I must do my duty by thee; I am a deacon of the Church, and feel concerned for the souls of all lost; if thou still cling'st to thy Pagan ways, which I sadly fear, I beseech thee, remain not for aye a vi bondsman; turn thou from thy heathen ways ere the Day of Judgement!<br /><br />Ken thou that the One True Path leadeth not to ed, nor the way to nano, neither yet to XEDIT, nor yet to TECO of old, nor yet still to Acme; in deed, it leadeth singly to the One True Editor.<br /><br />Hearken me: spurn the idol Vim, and the hideous Sam; turn from the wrath to come; mind thine eye, I say; oh! goodness gracious! steer clear of the Editor of the Beast!<br /><br /><b>(kill-buffer "*vi-vi-vi*")</b>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11173869159058357110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-9664306106533962492016-05-27T03:40:52.646+03:002016-05-27T03:40:52.646+03:00I can't believe that you didn't include ed...I can't believe that you didn't include ed, the standard text editor.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11173869159058357110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-47799867960621854712012-11-02T13:09:46.811+02:002012-11-02T13:09:46.811+02:00I love GEANY. It's light weight and no less th...I love GEANY. It's light weight and no less than an IDE. Interface is simple, powerful and all essential features i used to add to gedit using plugins are already available.gaudadasanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-46261234389938434282012-01-09T05:50:56.260+02:002012-01-09T05:50:56.260+02:00I love Notepad++ on Windows, but have switched to ...I love Notepad++ on Windows, but have switched to Ubuntu and am now loving Geany, perhaps even more.<br /><br />Have heard good things about JEdit, and briefly tried it, but the interface didn't seem to suit me (as I recall, it didn't have enough keyboard shortcuts). Plus Geany is very light and fast.<br /><br />I've learned vim enough to get things done when needed, but I always get stuck on the fact that to make efficient use of its wonderful shortcuts, I have to <b>count</b> the number of characters/words/lines that I want to traverse. In the time it takes me to do that, I could just go straight to where I want to go using the mouse. And I haven't seen block selection in vim, either, which is a feature I use daily.<br /><br />Can anyone persuade me to use Emacs? I've glanced at it, but didn't get far before giving up on it. Does it have block selection? Navigation by whole words (eg Ctrl+cursor left & right), and by word parts? Volatile search (ie search for next instance of current word, with one keypress)? Quick deletion/cloning/transposing/commenting of current line? Recognition and conversion of all three line ending styles? Binary/hex editing? Search and replace in current document, all open documents, or files on disk? Substantial 'recent files' list (Geany supports up to 50 entries)? Configurable autocompletion of brackets, braces, quotes, words, functions, and XML tags? Recognition of error line numbers in build output? Recognition of symbols (variables, functions) in current file? Integration with version control systems?<br /><br />I'm willing to tackle a learning curve for one of the two big players, but thus far, vi(m) hasn't convinced me of the payoff. Any Emacs fans willing to go into detail?Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116368908095136183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-86548754904339887192010-01-02T15:03:43.535+02:002010-01-02T15:03:43.535+02:00good
for more C,C++,VB source codes visit http://w...good<br />for more C,C++,VB source codes visit http://www.a2zhacks.blogspot.comsuryahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07464893469393219816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-19030463288533917592009-10-03T15:44:38.810+03:002009-10-03T15:44:38.810+03:00@anonymous: > I am interested in a modern GUI&#...@anonymous: > I am interested in a modern GUI'd editor now, driven by a mouse<br /><br />Using a mouse when typing makes you slow. I can use my mouse when working in emacs but I seldom do so: using key combos is much faster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-38256904660313961312009-07-01T07:11:48.116+03:002009-07-01T07:11:48.116+03:00No love for Bluefish?No love for Bluefish?The Copywriter Undergroundhttp://copywriterunderground.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-4330421040072964692009-05-19T07:43:00.000+03:002009-05-19T07:43:00.000+03:00I prefer Kate.
I use Notepad++ when I'm using Win...I prefer Kate.<br /><br />I use Notepad++ when I'm using Windows, but Kate is far, far better.Marlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-76433811520762975012009-05-02T23:47:00.000+03:002009-05-02T23:47:00.000+03:00I am bit late to this review, but I thought I woul...I am bit late to this review, but I thought I would put in my $.02 anyway. My background: I have spent many years using various text editors, beginning with DEC SED on a TOPS-20 system and then many years using Univac EDT. Yes, those were the days....<br /><br />I have a set of requirements today, some hard that have to be met, and some soft that can be bent.<br /><br />1. Cross-platform: Windows and Linux. I spend too much time jumping back and forth on different machines. This knocked out Kate, which is probably what I would have settled on originally after moving to Linux. It also eliminated notepad++, I tried running it under Wine but I found that unsatisfactory.<br /><br />2. Open Source: otherwise I might be inclined to UltraEdit, which is very good, inexpensive for a commercial product, and will shortly be cross-platform. I used it for about ten years on Windows platforms, before making the switch to Linux.<br /><br />3. Features: this is tough to enumerate, but it basically eliminated editors like Geany, Gedit and even Komodo. Komodo is a great editor, and is nearly there in my view. The problem is that the free version is missing features that I use every day, and my Open Source requirement knocks out the IDE version. Geany is missing too many things to date but it may pull ahead of Gedit overall in the future. I like Gedit today for fast startup and light editing and I plan to try the Windows build. I use Geany for one activity however: it has a good parser and symbol browser for FreeBasic! OK - an explanation is in order: Basic can be found running in factory settings that are still controlled by legacy DOS & GPIB equipment setups.<br /><br />4. Ease of use: this eliminated editors like Emacs, Vim. I am interested in a modern GUI'd editor now, driven by a mouse - my preference. I tried Cream, and that paradigm made no sense at all. One should use vi, or something else entirely. I chose to leave vi behind even though I have years of experience using it (on UNICOS and SunOS platforms.)<br /><br />5. Weight: I have tried Eclipse repeatedly over the years, and I just can't get used to it. Eclipse is evolving, so I continue to watch it.<br /><br />In the end I keep going back to jEdit for working on projects and Gedit for light text editing. Komodo comes in close however. jEdit is very slow to start up, quite ugly in my opinion, and the last stable release was a long time ago - it has clear points against it. I use it because of the built-in feature set and the plugins available: Hyper-Search, Ctags, Cscope, a fantastic Diff utility, project viewer, subversion & ftp clients, task list, text auto-complete, code browsers for C, HTML, CSS, javascript, PHP, Perl, Ruby, XML, etc.<br /><br />I think something will eventually replace jEdit for me, but not quite yet.<br /><br />-Ron F.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-13598968852980199212009-04-15T01:53:00.000+03:002009-04-15T01:53:00.000+03:00It just has to be vi. The compound statements make...It just has to be vi. The compound statements make it super powerfull. And you can get it for windows too, so it is cross platform (just not the very same binary). <br /><br />I do like notepad++ (use it at work) however my files are allways littered with :wq (..now why would that be???)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-8718460139691131922009-04-09T18:59:00.000+03:002009-04-09T18:59:00.000+03:00Just wanted to mention Diakonos as a good choice f...Just wanted to mention <A HREF="http://purepistos.net/diakonos" REL="nofollow">Diakonos</A> as a good choice for terminal/console/ssh editor. Easy to use, and extremely configurable. Especially good for folks who can't be bothered to learn emacs or vim.Pistoshttp://blog.purepistos.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-68186239205415924912009-04-03T16:24:00.000+03:002009-04-03T16:24:00.000+03:00O, come on. Give vim more credit. I like to point ...O, come on. Give vim more credit. I like to point out the idea behind vim. Reduce keystrokes. There's always a shorter/faster/better way to do it :)Gabriel Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05232607999157663569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-71316366559369157472009-04-03T08:59:00.000+03:002009-04-03T08:59:00.000+03:00your vim entry makes it sound like it's an upgrade...your vim entry makes it sound like it's an upgraded vi that has been around since the 70s on unix.<BR/><BR/>This is wrong, vi is part of Unix, but vim is a completely different programme which only shares most of its name and some of its user interface with vi.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise they are not related in any way, and vi itself is quite rudimentary and featureless.<BR/><BR/>vi to vim is as microemacs is to emacs. They share some key bindings but are completely unrelated products.NotZedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469760565180198154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-55036242286965974792009-04-03T06:19:00.000+03:002009-04-03T06:19:00.000+03:00When I first switched over to Ubuntu Linux fully, ...When I first switched over to Ubuntu Linux fully, I soon made nice with Gedit, which I would still recommend. I certainly made good use of its plugins, especially the Snippets one. However, I got introduced to vim in my first Linux class last fall, and--though I disliked it at first--I found myself coming back to it. One of the first things I really liked was actually what I initially hated--its keybindings. However, I came 'round and found them truly agreeable, as I can now type and edit without ever having to use the mouse or Ctrl-[insert_key_here] Ctrl-[insert_'nother_key_here] combinations. Someday, I may look into emacs to see how it compares, but as it is, vim does have quite a breadth of its own combinations to memorize, so we'll see.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194006963102524501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-27535379113943310202009-04-03T02:07:00.000+03:002009-04-03T02:07:00.000+03:00You're welcome Picker :-) I think it has a huge nu...You're welcome Picker :-) I think it has a huge number of plugins there at <A HREF="http://live.gnome.org/Gedit/Plugins" REL="nofollow">GNOME Live!</A>.Craciun Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828173788831953470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-45046605499877339702009-04-03T01:57:00.000+03:002009-04-03T01:57:00.000+03:00Thank you for the article! I have just installed s...Thank you for the article! I have just installed some plugins to gedit. It's a wonderful application.Pickernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-13121328603739447862009-04-03T00:50:00.000+03:002009-04-03T00:50:00.000+03:00Vi: Notepad++ works fine in wine 1.1.18.Vi: Notepad++ works fine in wine 1.1.18.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-79333675422446714142009-04-02T23:24:00.000+03:002009-04-02T23:24:00.000+03:00Are you sure about that? I'm not a native English ...Are you sure about that? I'm not a native English speaker so there may be mistakes, but if that's wrong I'll correct it.Craciun Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828173788831953470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-38812673372479014472009-04-02T23:12:00.000+03:002009-04-02T23:12:00.000+03:00You know I was surprised no one in the whole comme...You know I was surprised no one in the whole comment thread said: 'It's not 'no less than' but 'no fewer than'." You've got nice polite readers who stay on topic (apart from me, I guess).<BR/><BR/>Interesting round-up. Thanks. I was surprised to learn there were quite so many editors around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-32721054209839818372009-04-02T21:42:00.000+03:002009-04-02T21:42:00.000+03:00I never was impressed enough with UltraEdit enough...I never was impressed enough with UltraEdit enough to switch from Notepad++, and PSPad didn't really compete for me. Perhaps I'll look into Komodo Edit later. As for some of the choices here, it's a thin line between text editor and IDE, and I think I wouldn't have included the IDE-ish ones. Oh, and what's wrong with Swing (jEdit)? Looks better than any native Win text editor I can think of. IMHO. Of course. <BR/><BR/>One that I'd add - ne (Nice Editor). Not a programmer's text editor, just a text editor. Doesn't make you jump through hoops (hi, vi) or learn (since you can always reconfigure them) senseless keyshortcuts (hi, nano).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-40615818407894574262009-04-02T19:58:00.000+03:002009-04-02T19:58:00.000+03:00I've understood this post is an april fool joke wh...I've understood this post is an april fool joke when I read "written in Java with a good-looking interface".<BR/><BR/>Emacs rules.p4bl0http://pablo.rauzy.name/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-56929943617212955092009-04-02T18:44:00.000+03:002009-04-02T18:44:00.000+03:00Vorbote: Jeez, people born yesterday have no sense...Vorbote: <I>Jeez, people born yesterday have no sense of historical perspective. :-)</I><BR/>:) Yeah you're right, I was not around (at least not using Linux, nor a PC) at that time. Do you actually use Linux for so long?<BR/><BR/>Ok, Aaron Seigo, my bad. I guess I rushed to conclusions without double-checking some stuff. I'll modify the article accordingly, and thank you for pointing that out for me.Craciun Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828173788831953470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-26476065285835322152009-04-02T18:12:00.001+03:002009-04-02T18:12:00.001+03:00> but it lacks highlighting support KWrite uses...> but it lacks highlighting support <BR/><BR/>KWrite uses the exact same text editor part that Kate does (called, imaginatively, "katepart" ;). KWrite just doesn't have all the IDE-ish features like an embedded konsole or file tree.<BR/><BR/>It does, however, have all the text editing features including, yes, highlighting. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06688610708513558784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-72015841004448095182009-04-02T18:12:00.000+03:002009-04-02T18:12:00.000+03:00I have used many of these, at one time or another....I have used many of these, at one time or another. (I have also used UltraEdit, PSPad, and notepad++ on Windows.) Any one of them is certainly acceptable, depending on the job at hand. Yet I keep coming back to the best, most complete, easy to use editor I ever found: vi/vim. <BR/><BR/>My job involves writing programs that run on *nix servers. Years ago, corporate decided that our desktop machines would be Windows. The Windows fans all use UltraEdit to do their work, since it can easily handle remote files. I installed Vim on my system (it also handles remote editing easily), and am much happier. (Actually, I usually ssh to the server in question, and edit the file there. ;-) )<BR/><BR/>And Anonymous: for the record, "<I>ed</I> is the One True Text Editor."Kevin (aka Padma)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17192822309982110014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115236289668114915.post-11380432964248034692009-04-02T18:09:00.000+03:002009-04-02T18:09:00.000+03:00“...but these don't belong to this list since they...“...but these don't belong to this list since they are not 'text editors', they are way more.”<BR/><BR/>Why on earth did you include Emacs then? Emacs often attracts (misguided) criticism precisely because it is the way-morest way-more-than-a-text-editor program ever written. That said, even if some form of text editing is all you'll ever want to do with it, Neal Stephenson's evaluation still stands and probably always will:<BR/><BR/>“Emacs outshines all other editing software in approximately the same way that the noonday sun does the stars. It is not just bigger and brighter; it simply makes everything else vanish.” <BR/><BR/>...with the - snobbish ;-) - caveat that Emacs perhaps isn't suitable for the impatient or the intellectually mediocre. Pearls before swine. :Pphayesnoreply@blogger.com