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This is more of a rant than a project. See /tag/text-editors and especially /tag/text-editors+live.
I ended up using Geany and (rarely) Leafpad.
A usable text editor ∞
How annoying are Linux text editors to us everyday humans?
Call them shortcuts, hotkeys, or accelerators, but for some strange reason, Linux console text editors are specifically engineered to be stupid.
control-alt-cokebottle-F16 to cursor one character to the right? Gee, that's so usable.
If it's not that, it's an editor that by default isn't an editor but a viewer. What the.
I just want an editor that can edit a file. I don't need some kind of crazy "text development environment" for everyday editing. Editors like that have their place for sure, but absolutely not for beginners and not for everyday use.
After a decade, only a handful of text editors are worth mentioning, and even these are pretty sad.
- aee (archive)
- Nano
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mcedit (Midnight Commander's editor)
Others:
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- GUI, multi-platform, code folding, syntax highlighting, spell checking, easy script execution, plugins. Brilliant.
- dit
Collaborative text editing ∞
Other ∞
- https://www.wps.com/
- https://www.calmlywriter.com/
- https://www.zoho.com/writer/
- https://ia.net/writer
- https://www.freeoffice.com/en/
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Hemingway Editor highlights long, complex sentences and common errors.
- While a nice idea, I wouldn't trust sending my data unsecured and into the hands of strangers.
Cross-platform ∞
Last updated 2022-09-09 at 12:19:41
Created, porting some old information. This is in celebration of Editpad Lite for Linux working perfectly. I can't believe I didn't remember to try this out for Linux until now.
"Linux and text editing" / "Linux and document editing" were moved into "Linux text editors".
2020-01-22 -- It was later turned into this generic [[Text editors]] topic, and various notes from individual programs had long been moved into their individual page.
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