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What's your text editor of choice and why?

jeromezajeromeza Member
edited May 2016 in General

I don't just mean vi / Nano either.

I'm starting to try my hand at Python and i'd like to find out what you guys use for desktop editors and why?

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  • sandrosandro Member

    I tried many for Windows and now I'm getting used to Atom and I'm liking it.

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  • noamannoaman Member

    Linux : nano
    Windows :sublime text 3

    I was wondering to switch to Atom....recommended or not?

  • drdrakedrdrake Member

    Atom is very heavy and bloated.

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  • rds100rds100 Member

    joe

  • _Nic_Nic Member

    Vim is pretty good.

  • zedzed Member

    sublime currently, notepad++ previously.
    have to agree atom seemed heavy, didn't last long on my systems.

  • shovenoseshovenose Member, Host Rep

    Sublime text 3... Notepad++ is too ugly and atom is too bloated.

  • notepad++ in windows

    nano in linux

  • pbgbenpbgben Member, Host Rep

    Vi and notepad, why bother installing anything else.

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  • I'm a vim user.

  • SublimeText, but I think it costs too much so I use the free version.

  • sandrosandro Member

    What is the difference between the free and paid version of SublimeTxt?

  • shovenoseshovenose Member, Host Rep

    Paid version doesnt have a BUY ME pop up every once in a while.

  • sandro said: What is the difference between the free and paid version of SublimeTxt?

    the money...

    hahaha jk

  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    sandro said: What is the difference between the free and paid version of SublimeTxt?

    Honor.

    jeromeza said: I don't just mean vi / Nano either.

    You say that like there's something more powerful available. There isn't.

    vim can do things that many other editors can't - only emacs is more powerful.

    For example, to remove comments on the next ten lines:

    :.,+10s/^#//
    

    Or let's say you only want the third field from here to the bottom:

    :.,$!awk -F, '{ print $3 }'
    

    Etc. Anything you can do with Unix text commands, perl, etc. you can do inside vim and that's a huge part of its strength. It's also faster due to its dual-mode, home-row orientation.

    Most people never learn to use vim beyond the absolute basics and therefore miss the power.

    For desktop on Mac, I like Sublime but often just use vi in the shell.

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  • LeeLee Veteran

    Sublime.

  • LiteServerLiteServer Member, Patron Provider

    On Linux boxes I mainly use "nano" or as alternative "vi".
    (X)Ubuntu with GUI usually "gedit" or "mousepad".

  • I use ne which runs in any *nix environment. I like the old fashioned key bindings, like Ctrl-Y to delete line etc.

  • cassacassa Member

    It really depends on what you like. I use vim for most things.

  • I switched to atom on windows and I haven't looked back.

  • I find Notepad++ to be super.

  • AmitzAmitz Member

    nano on Linux (yeah, I know, not very l33t) and BBEdit on my Mac.

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  • HybridHybrid Member

    Edit Plus

  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    Ole_Juul said: I use ne which runs in any *nix environment. I like the old fashioned key bindings, like Ctrl-Y to delete line etc.

    So...emacs bindings.

    There's a huge galaxy of Emacs derivatives. The idea "let's take emacs, strip out the lispy stuff, remove all the packages, and make a svelter editor while retaining all the keyboard macros people know" has been had by about fifty people.

    nano and pico are arguably emacs derivatives since they use emacs bindings.

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  • Nano on my Ubuntu servers, I'm fine with Vi

    Sublime Text, nano and vi on my Mac.

    Sublime Text on my shitty 20" desktop running Ubuntu.

  • blackblack Member

    Vim and geany.

  • Sublime all the way.

  • agonyztagonyzt Member
    edited May 2016

    As a general text editor, I use Kate. It needs a bit of tweaking (like most KDE apps), but it rocks.

    For python specifically, go with PyCharm. You won't regret it! The community edition has all the features you need for most projects.

    IMO, better use the right tool for the right job. A text editor is good for a quick hacking session, but nothing beats a good IDE.

  • Windows: notepad ++
    'nix Servers: vi/vim
    'nix Desktops: Geany

  • @sandro said:
    What is the difference between the free and paid version of SublimeTxt?

    on the free version, every so often you get a popup asking you to buy it.

    I mean if I actually used it to make money with, I would probably buy it. but I think $70 is a lot just for a text editor.

    as for Linux, I use nano

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