Which text editor do you use?

  • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
    5·
    4 hours ago

    I don’t understand the issue. I’ve been using Linux less than a year but I started with a KDE desktop so it came with Kate, Kwrite, and Nano. I’ve literally never needed anything else.

    I’ve tried out a couple IDEs like Codium and Geany, but I don’t see what they offer that Kate doesn’t.

    I’ve also at least opened Emacs but I didn’t get much further than that.

    I use Nano in the terminal when I’m editing config files because I read somewhere that it’s safer.

    I installed Neovim and Micro but I haven’t explored those at all yet. I don’t have any problems with Nano.

    I tried Pluma but I really only use it for dumping lists.

    For the most part I use Kate, but for simpler notes I use Kwrite just to keep them in separate spots on my launcher.

    I don’t see why this is such an issue though.

  • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
    7·
    4 hours ago

    Nothing wrong with Kate. I know how to use Nano because it’s an essential skill for when your machine boots into emergency mode, but aside from that editing text from the terminal is lunacy.

  • 18107@aussie.zoneEnglish
    1·
    3 hours ago

    I liked Sublime enough to pay for it. It has become my primary text editor at home.

    I also like Atom/Pulsar, but it takes a but too long to open for my use case.

    Obsidian isn’t exactly a text editor, but it fits many of the use cases. It may be closed source, but all the files are accessible and usable if the app ever disappears.

    I want to use vim more, but I’m lazy, and the learning curve keeps putting me off. I might get there eventually.

    Nano is ol’ reliable. When everything else failed, Nano was still there for me and worked perfectly.

    • MasterNerd@lemmy.zip
      2·
      4 hours ago

      I learned vim (technically vi) because it was the only editor available on these tiny liveusbs I would use for work. It was literally my only option. Once I got used to the motions, using any text editor without vim motions felt unusable to me.

    • ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip
      6·
      6 hours ago

      This is my reply every time someone suggests nvim. Is it on the servers I use but I’m not an admin for? No? Then it doesn’t sound like a great option.

  • certified_expert@lemmy.world
    3·
    5 hours ago

    Poor souls of those that haven’t found the way of the Gnu.

    May the Gnu have mercy of your lost ways and show you the light M-x show-light RET

    May the macros never lack in your life,
    May your parentheses be balanced,
    And may your init.el pass with no fails.

    Emen

  • Marduk73@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    4 hours ago

    serious question:
    what are you using your text editor for that requires all these features?

    i just hot down quick notes, maybe an address, quick and bare budget, or a short list of things.

    the kind of things i thought people use text editors for.

    more robust documents, libre office or word.

    I’m not making a joke, I’m really wondering why it matters? isn’t it just notepad or what am i missing?

    • AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 hours ago

      A serious answer:

      The “editor wars” are predominantly fought by people who work in IT (system admins, developers, etc.), which requires using the terminal frequently or is often the only tool at their disposal.

      Some folks also use specific editors because of their text editing capabilities. Vim’s modal editing is very intuitive and fast, while Emacs’ Org Mode feature set can be a sole reason to put up with Emacs.

      Tangential

      A case can be made that modern programming does not really require a terminal since IDEs meet its needs. But the debate becomes more subjective and less objective.

      I work in IT, use emacs configured with vim’s modal editing, even though my employer provides expensive IDE licenses for me to use.

      I shifted IDEs to Vim because the former were too slow to open some of the code. Later I shifted to Emacs, trading some of that speed for Org mode.

      Now, I treat Emacs as the sole software to interact with the computer, as much as I can.