View Poll Results: What text editor do you prefer?

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  • Gedit

    32 47.76%
  • Leafpad

    8 11.94%
  • Abiword

    1 1.49%
  • Open Office Word

    0 0%
  • Terminal (vi, nano etc.)

    19 28.36%
  • Other

    7 10.45%
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Thread: Gedit Too Bloated - Leafpad rocks

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    Gedit Too Bloated - Leafpad rocks

    Hi all
    I have been using Linux for a couple of months now and I am very happy with it.
    My crappy system is stable as a rock and I can do 99% of the things I did on my Windows systems. I dual boot for the 1% that is left
    I use text editors a lot and untill now I've always used gedit because it's somehow similar to Notepad and is Ubuntu's default basic text editor.
    But it always annoyed me how slow it was (especially starting up).
    So today I installed Leafpad and it flies. It's superfast and does basicly everything a basic text editor should do. I am very fond of it.
    I'm writing this for two reasons. The first is that there might be other people who have been looking for a text editor that is lighter than Gedit. Try Leafpad!
    The second one is that I wonder why Gedit is so slow/bloated. I gotta admit it has a bit more features than Leafpad but if I want features I will launch Abiword or Open Office. I would like to hear you thoughts on this. Should Leafpad be the default simple text editor or are you happy with Gedit? Or am I just whining? I have no interest in bashing Gedit but it is a bit too bloated for a basic text editor in my opinion.

    I have added a poll.
    Last edited by OffHand; June 4th, 2006 at 10:52 AM.
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    Re: Gedit Too Bloated - Leafpad rocks

    Quote Originally Posted by subsonic_shadow
    am I just whining?
    Probably, yeah

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    Re: Gedit Too Bloated - Leafpad rocks

    Quote Originally Posted by egon spengler
    Probably, yeah
    Haha I knew this would happen when I typed this.
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    Re: Gedit Too Bloated - Leafpad rocks

    Personaly I do use bluefish for stuff bluefish was not ment for lol, but as a KDE user I despise Kate, it is such a peice of junk. The idea of auto loading previously closed files, which in my case results in it trying to establish ftp connections all over the place, is a morronic idea. If I want a file open I will open it myself!!!

    Leafpad is cool

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    Re: Gedit Too Bloated - Leafpad rocks

    I voted for terminal based text editors, personally I use nano a lot, but that's because most of the editing I do is on config files so I'm usually in the terminal anyway. It's distracting to have to switch between 2 windows when you can do it in one

    however I agree with your sentiment, leafpad rocks (as does mousepad), much better than gedit
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    Re: Gedit Too Bloated - Leafpad rocks

    For the record: It's OpenOffice.org Write. Word is something else =)

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    Re: Gedit Too Bloated - Leafpad rocks

    Quote Originally Posted by imagine
    For the record: It's OpenOffice.org Write. Word is something else =)
    actually it's Writer, just to be pedantic
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    Re: Gedit Too Bloated - Leafpad rocks

    I was looking in the Gnome menu and there it says OpenOffice.org Word Processor
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    Re: Gedit Too Bloated - Leafpad rocks

    Quote Originally Posted by subsonic_shadow
    I was looking in the Gnome menu and there it says OpenOffice.org Word Processor
    Doesnt on mine, it says OOWriter but then im in KDE

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    Re: Gedit Too Bloated - Leafpad rocks

    I don't know anyone who would be insane enough to load up OOffice to read a simple text file... no syntax highlighting, slow and bulky, and too many features you won't need.

    I like Gedit for its syntax highlighting. Not too slow, either.
    Kate is also good, a bit slow, though to load.
    Vi is great for terminal apps.
    Leafpad is not bad, but lack of syntax highlighting is a big no no.
    Abiword, faster than openoffice but no syntax highlighting.

    So gedit wins..

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