So which text editor do you use ?

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:33 pm

Just thought I'd ask what text editor(s) you use on a daily basis.

I usually use Nano or kate in Linux, ee in freebsd, and on windows, I use notepad.

EDIT: Other option added.

Jikmo · Post by **Jikmo** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:38 pm

you are ignoring the important "Other" category

Afterall, I use wordpad in Windows, kwrite/gwrite in Linux when I'm not in the console, TextEdit in OS X, and nano when im in the console in *nix

Most of those are not choices

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:41 pm

I intentionally left wordpad.exe out because it is (sort of) like a word processing program.

That said, we probably should extend the list to winword.exe (MS Word) or open office's processor, and/or the one which comes with Damn Small Linux.

Or not.

I've never used OS X fulltime either.

MisterJones · Post by **MisterJones** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:49 pm

editor^2, cuz has more features than notepad, yet it seems even more lightweight.

For programming, crimson editor. Except c (code::blocks), c++ (code::blocks), JASS (jasscraft) and xhtml/css (dreamweaver, html beauty)

Post by **grinvader** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:40 am

gedit

wordpad for my little (mostly gaming-related) writing needs on winders

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:17 am

I use notepad to jot things down and to edit various things.

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:59 am

notepad2

Post by **odditude** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:48 am

used to use nedit obsessively on solaris, and edit or rhide in dos.

nowadays, it would probably be notepad or textpad in windows, or kate in linux.

Cecil · Post by **Cecil** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:54 am

Works Word Processor. Came with my first computer, still use it when I need something with a spell checker. Otherwise, Notepad.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:59 am

I use Notepad++ on Windows, and Gedit/Kate on Linux.

If I'm doing a quick edit on the command-line, I use nano.

AntoineWG · Post by **AntoineWG** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:01 am

edit.com

creaothceann · Post by **creaothceann** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:21 am

Notepad

kieran_ · Post by **kieran_** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:39 pm

notepad.exe

Word Processing is done with Word.

DataPath · Post by **DataPath** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:39 pm

vim for great justice.

Hex editing mode, regular expressions search and replace, builtin grep, syntax highlighting, spell checking, man page lookup for the word under the cursor, plus all kinds of neat features for code editing; I recently discovered the ability to jump to the definition of the symbol under the cursor in C/C++ code.

Silensho · Post by **Silensho** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:40 pm

Notepad on Windows, Kate on Linux. For those quick things I gotta remember. For anything else, there's Masterca....errr, whatever fills the need.

Post by **Agozer** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:46 pm

Notepad mainly, Wordpad for longer stuff.

MethodOne · Post by **MethodOne** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:42 pm

I use vim, nano and Notepad2 in Windows; and Kate, vim, and nano in Linux.

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:40 pm

As an infamous quote goes "VI" is the heart of EVIL.

Jikmo · Post by **Jikmo** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:42 pm

vim can do hex editing?

hmm

i should take a look at it.

Can XEmacs do hex editing?

doktor_kris · Post by **doktor_kris** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:27 am

vim and kwrite for normal-sized Linux distros.
vim and mi for OS X.
vi and ted for Damn Small.

Post by **grinvader** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:35 am

Jikmo wrote:Can XEmacs do hex editing?

Emacs can do all and more... if you find how to do it.

Usually requires 3+ limbs, or 12+ fingers, whichever occurs first. :p

DataPath · Post by **DataPath** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:16 pm

Never trust an editor with a built-in psychiatrist.

LobStar · Post by **LobStar** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:34 pm

grinvader wrote:
Jikmo wrote:Can XEmacs do hex editing?
Emacs can do all and more... if you find how to do it.

Usually requires 3+ limbs, or 12+ fingers, whichever occurs first. :p

I <3 My emacsOS... I never need to leave it for ANYTHING... including tetris

xMetaRidley · Post by **xMetaRidley** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:20 pm

nano on Linux
Notepad2 on Windows (I replaced Windows notepad.exe with it)
Sometimes I use SciTE on both

kevman · Post by **kevman** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 6:13 pm

Textpad in Windows.

Kate in KDE.

Nano in Linux CLI. Most of my linux work is at the CLI in a terminal window or via Putty anyway.

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