Free text editors for the rest of us

Tuesday, Oct. 5 2004 | Author: Scrivs

If you use Linux or even Windows, you know that finding a free text editor is not a problem at all. On Linux this realm is dominated by the two Goliaths we affectionately call Emacs and Vi. However, those are more power user text editors. Most users just need a text editor that lets them type in words without having to memorize keyboard combinations. Crazy, I know.

This article over at Linux.com explores some of the options that users have on the Linux side. Interestingly enough, I never heard of any of the ones they mention until I read the article. Might have to give them a go one day (only to return to my first true love, Vi).

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7 Responses for "Free text editors for the rest of us"

Geof

October 5th, 2004 at 12:04 pm
1

I personally use the follow-up to pico, nano. [Well, it's not a true followup ... it's a more free/FREE version that emulates pico's functionality.]

I save my zealotry for religion.
beatniklew

October 5th, 2004 at 1:26 pm
2

According to my Emacs using friend, “It’s not a text editor unless it can play tetris and technically qualify as a sort of operating system”

I also use nano.
Scrivs

October 5th, 2004 at 1:47 pm
3

Emacs people are very weird like that. Almost to the point of being masochistic I would say, but then I would have to say whatever floats your boat…
Neil

October 5th, 2004 at 5:17 pm
4

I personally like vim (pretty much vi) for code, but for simple stuff and comfig files I don’t know of anything simpler for the job than nano.
Vinnie Garcia

October 6th, 2004 at 8:42 pm
5

“If you use Linux or even Windows, you know that finding a free text editor is not a problem at all.”

However, finding a GOOD free text editor on Windows can be a bit of a task :(.
Scrivs

October 7th, 2004 at 3:23 pm
6

Haha, that’s why you gotta take the time to learn Vim!!!! ;-)
JC

October 7th, 2004 at 4:04 pm
7

Textpad is good on windows, and it’s shareware… just a little box when you open it if you don’t want to pay.

As for Vim… what about Vigor?