The best editor.?

[markol]

KWrite in GUI, micro in Konsole :)

[NickStone]

1) What is the name of the best and most forward compatible editor.?

2) What editor do you actually use and what is the reason for it.?

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1: That is what I am trying to figure out with this subject.

2: I use Gedit because it was my first Linux editor and I guess I am a bit romantic about it. I also have a script connected with it but that is no big deal except the name of the command is "ged" and I have fun with that. In Denmark 'ged' means 'goat' and if something goes wrong a Dane might say in slang that there went goat in it. I think the name is good because it reminds me that I can really fast make a lot of goat in Linux with my editor.

The best editor is the one that you like using.

[Jakob77]

Thank you for all answers.


It is not that I want tools to be old but if they have served me well I don't like to throw them away just because somebody says they are old fascioned.

So far nobody has said that about Gedit but I am thinking it might soon be time for a change anyway.


WP and it's editor for DOS were based on key control and it was so old fashioned they all said but I remember a time when others in the class had hurting necks and shoulders from the mouse and I didn't feel a thing. Poor them.

[KrautMaster]

I like it simple: featherpad, mousepad

[gimcrack]

I stuck with micro. Love it, it's like nano on steroids. I even setup micro as a simple note taker as well. Wrote a script to piggy bank onto fzf. Micro is prefect for my workflow.

[DukeComposed]

1) What is the name of the best and most forward compatible editor.?

2) What editor do you actually use and what is the reason for it.?

The best editor is the one that let's you get work done. That could be a different text editor for every person, or a different text editor for a single person doing different tasks.

I like vi because it's fast, almost completely consistent between nearly every operating system, and widely available almost everywhere. When I just need to edit a config file, vi is always my go-to.

I've recently started liking Doom Emacs, a heavily-customized version of Emacs, which as most folks know is far more than just a text editor. Emacs is a comprehensive user environment that happens to be able to edit files. I just use it for org-mode and it's still pretty neat. (Outlines and lists are just plaintext files, which are small and can sync anywhere. No more vendor lock-in for my todo lists and note-keeping software!) Emacs is practically a Desktop Environment in its own right and people who love Emacs seem to have happily pulled their entire workflow inside Emacs. I still have problems copying and pasting in it.

I also really like Notepad++ which is Windows-only, but runs well under WINE and allows for managing multiple files in tabs. Geany can do the same thing, so really either one works for me and I have them both installed on my laptop.

Not to be forgotten, there are plenty more great text editors out there: joe, mg (a tiny version of Emacs that only edits text), Neovim & Helix (vi-like editors optimized for coding and IDE usage), ed (the UNIX editor, you want to know how to use this one for emergencies), and more.

[Jakob77]

It is funny and silly how small habits can grow big fast when it is about editors.

I was trying to get used to Featherpad but mainly just the save button in the left side made me explode one day and run screaming back home to my Gedit.
Gedit has the save button in the right side and it just comes so natural for the mouse to "save -->> close" instead of:
... Move up left and find the small save button...-->> ...move right...-->> ....move right..-->> ...move right...-->> close.

[CharlesV]

Ctrl-S !

[Jakob77]

Ctrl-S !

Yes, but if I save with the keyboard I normally prefer 'Ctrl s'

[thomasl]

A somewhat dissenting voice. For terminal/SSH etc. I used to use micro but I've since switched to dte (https://craigbarnes.gitlab.io/dte/releases.html ), v fast, much smaller and does all I need.

If I need a really powerful editor with all the bells and whistles (and then some), nothing beats Cudatext (https://cudatext.github.io/ ). This started life as a Sublime Text look-alike but it's now in some respects better than the original (IMO). It's not particularly easy to configure because it has a zillion options but it's enormously powerful.