Text Editors
razing32 23 Feb 2024
Hope i'm not spamming the forum too much with questions.
I recently encountered an error in NotepadQQ
"Failed to create data pipe due to MOJO_RESULT_RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED"
I looked it up and it's as old as 2018.
Seems nobody is maintaining that thing.
So , i have to think about switching to a text editor with tabs that is more maintained.
What do you use / prefer ? ( commercial options are ok also )
Shmerl 23 Feb 2024
neovim with plugins.
Neovim...without plugins.
Shmerl 23 Feb 2024
I don't have a lot, mostly just quality of life improvements for neovim like a good true color scheme, DAP debugging integration and some minor tweaks.

Last edited by Shmerl on 23 Feb 2024 at 7:05 am UTC
emphy 23 Feb 2024
Even though I cannot get along with the desktop environment, I am a big fan of kde's software.

In this specific case that would be: kate.

(actually, I prefer kwrite, but kwrite doesn't support tabs)

Last edited by emphy on 23 Feb 2024 at 7:26 am UTC
WorMzy 23 Feb 2024
Regular vim, although I don't use the tab feature -- {v,}split is usually sufficient if I need to open multiple files at once.
LoudTechie 23 Feb 2024
Text Editor(gnome)
Yeah my classmates criticize me for the lack off fancy features too, but I don't wanna learn all the fancy features.
I don't have a lot, mostly just quality of life improvements for neovim like a good true color scheme, DAP debugging integration and some minor tweaks.
Admittedly, I actually have a single plugin: lf.vim.

I can use netrw fine, but it's a little inefficient, so I replaced it with lf directly.

I use good old desert colorscheme.

I use Neovim for front-end web dev (and writing, and general notes, and ...), so I get real-time debugging anyway. Depending on how far I get into learning C, I might be adding a debugger. I wanted to make my setup as standard as possible so I wasn't relying on third-party features if I, for some reason, needed to use vanilla Vim.

So, netrw is fine! But give me lf, please.
Shmerl 23 Feb 2024
Oh, I forgot to mention fzf.lua. It's very useful and I use it regularly: https://github.com/ibhagwan/fzf-lua

I don't plan to use regular vim, so I don't mind Lua plugins. Neovim has a lot of powerful ones.

Last edited by Shmerl on 23 Feb 2024 at 5:31 pm UTC
R Daneel Olivaw 23 Feb 2024
I actually think the default kde install works perfectly well for me in this case. I use it all the time for work stuff. Kate.
redman 23 Feb 2024
My go to text editor is geany. Is fast and really stable.

For quick stuff usually the fastest is vim.
TimeFreeze 23 Feb 2024
Doom Emacs
razing32 6 Mar 2024
I think i should learn Vim and Emacs
Seems they are a lot more powerful and comfortable than i initially thought.
Hamish 6 Mar 2024
Nothing special for me, just gedit and nano. I even broke down and installed nano on my Red Hat Linux 7.3 install despite it not exactly being period accurate. You have to pick your battles.
I've recently migrated from neovim (as a long-time vim user) to emacs; & I think I'll stay here, because I've found that I like elisp a *lot* more than lua.

vim, neovim, & emacs have all been adding important features, & improving existing ones lately; so it's an exciting time to explore what each has to offer, & experiment.
dvd 7 Mar 2024
Emacs, vim and kate. Work and bigger typing sessions always in emacs.
Shmerl 31 May 2024
If anyone needs, I ported Gotham theme to Lua for better compatibility with Neovim:

https://github.com/shmerl/neogotham
Highball 31 May 2024
Helix Editor
Worth a try if you are not already sold on Vim or Emacs.
R Daneel Olivaw 31 May 2024
Recently released: Notepad Next .....!!! Notepad++ was my all time fav editor that wasn't avail on linux, but now this fan passion project has made it so.

https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext

Last edited by R Daneel Olivaw on 31 May 2024 at 2:42 pm UTC
Shmerl 25 Jun 2024
Session keys neovim plugin: https://github.com/shmerl/session-keys

Last edited by Shmerl on 25 Jun 2024 at 3:28 am UTC
Xpander 25 Jun 2024
pluma (MATE text editor) for graphical one
nano for terminal jamming
glogg for huge logfiles to read
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