What text editor do you prefer?

[Ob1]

VI here(or Gvim)....

[towsonu2003]

nano keeps saving my life with its simplicity :)

[total wormage]

there has been a text-editor poll over here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=148700

[tagra123]

nano when using ssh over the network
gedit when using gui

[DirtDawg]

there has been a text-editor poll over here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=148700

I voted in both!

Anyways, I use CREAM (http://cream.sourceforge.net/). It's basically a GUI wrapper for Vi, which is sweet. Plus, the name reminds me of a Wu-Tang song, which is even sweeter:
"Cash Rules Everything Around Me, C.R.E.A.M. get the money, dolla dolla bills y'all!"

[andiii]

vi @ Konsole
mousepad @ GUI

[3rdalbum]

Gedit for GUI... other text-related programs I really like are Tomboy and SPE (Stani's Python Editor).

Nano for text-only.

[morphodone]

nano for most everything

i tried to force myself to learn vi/vim but i always
forget all the little shortcuts

[Rhapsody]

Currently, Kate. Though I've been taking a look at vim.

[John.Michael.Kane]

I'm getting used to nano. will try vim oneday. I use gedit sometimes too.

[Kateikyoushi]

I use VI if have to help someone rather show them nano not to discourage them.

[bonzodog]

nano here.

[punkinside]

gedit @ GUI
nano @ terminal

have used emacs for several C proyects, but java is the love of my life and Eclipse is our dreamhouse :)

[Ramses de Norre]

Absolutely vi.

[curtis1005]

JEdit is my favorite :).....but it is a bit slow

[public_void]

Emacs for terminal and GUI because IMO it is easy to learn and is great for writing C programs.

[shrimphead]

mousepad/leafpad or nano for me

[henriquemaia]

nano is pretty cool.

[darkhatter]

nano keeps saving my life with its simplicity :)

nano is kind of confusing so is vi, and emacs

mcedit is just like using a notepad, no confusing commands are crap, it works just like a gui tool

[AndyCooll]

Gedit for the gui, vi for the other terminals.

:cool:

[qamelian]

I like nano from the console, but I prefer Scite from the GUI.

[mips]

CygnusEd, if only it was available in Linux :rolleyes:

[TheRingmaster]

I think kate is very nice. reminds me of gedit.

[moore.bryan]

nedit

[izalac]

Gedit from GUI, but for most work I use Vi :)
Been on Vi for the last couple of years now, I use it on Windows too ;)

[weatherman]

take sometime to learn vi, it's really worth it and you edit files/code twice as fast

[jISh]

I voted for vi, but I use it's ncurses forum of nano more often.

[jsmidt]

It is really worth every bodies time to learn at least the basics of vi. By the posix standard it will be on every linux/unix/*nix machine, whereas emacs/gedit/kate/etc... may not. Also you never know when you will be forced to use a terminal, so it is good to at least be somewhat familiar with vi since you can use it even if X doesn't work on a particular machine.

[PatrickMay16]

I like nano, and I like gedit.

[B0rsuk]

Kate

[Omnios]

Gedit for GUI and nano for command line.

[got_nix]

this should be a multiple selection poll.

vi for cli gedit for gui.

[DirtDawg]

this should be a multiple selection poll.

vi for cli gedit for gui.

I agree. In addition to Cream, I use Mousepad and Nano a ton.

[ubuntu_demon]

I voted other. I prefer nano and gedit.

[Anonii]

For "serious" jobs (well, it doesnt go more serious than a 100lines program on python, but whatever) , I use Emacs. Which I love.

For plain text configuration editing, I use the simple and fast nano.

I dont use GUI text editors. They are boring.

[fuscia]

nano is one of my favorite things to use. i also like its logo, which makes it an easy favorite.

[Anonii]

The only things I dont like about nano, is that C-k doesnt delete the text following the cursor, and it just deletes the whole line (afaik), and that it doesnt have an option to show the lines (afaik again).

[MedivhX]

GEdit & nano ;)

[AndrewB]

Gedit for GUI and nano for command line.

[GStubbs43]

I use Gedit for things like search & replace or editing a long file. For simple edits I use nano.

[pgatrick]

Vim rocks my world. :D

[DarkN00b]

Gedit because it is there and I'm a longtime Win user. I've used Nano and its great and all, but I just prefer Gedit.

[Klaidas]

It depends:
Small files fast - vi
Bigger files - gedit

[Abstract]

I find joe is the best text editor.


sudo apt-get install joe

Just type joe <file>. It is then very simple to edit your file, press Ctrl + K + X to save. Done.

[cormic]

I mostly use vi.

[fuscia]

leafpad is good, too. it's like mousepad with less xfce clutter.

[qalimas]

On the GUI I use Kate at home and GEdit at work. On the console, it's Nano if it's on the system, but I did learn Vi, and I use it occasionally when the mood sets in :P

[mike3k]

It looks like I'm in the minority here. I love Emacs. The commands are second-nature to me. I can live inside Emacs and do everything right from it. I am starting to like Gedit when working in the GUI, though I wish it used Emacs cursor movement keys, which I always hit instinctively.

[zachtib]

nano when using the command line, gedit if i'm using a gui

[skymt]

Just type joe <file>. It is then very simple to edit your file, press Ctrl + K + X to save. Done.

Yes, very simple. I can see now how complex :wq, or C-O are. Why don't all text editors use key commands that have nothing obvious to do with what you're doing? I mean, who doesn't spell "save" with a K and an X?

[Tamil]

gedit

[gosh]

Since switching to XFCE4 i'm using mousepad

[frodon]

the one i prefer for my job is nedit, for home gedit is enough.

[LookTJ]

I perfer Gedit

[tallman9]

I use nedit and leafpad, for they are much lighter...but I like kate =)
for CLI nano and mcedit

[Mateo]

don't see any problem with gedit, so i'll continue to go with that ;)

I might buy an old laptop and put fluxbox on it. what graphical text editors are good for that? i don't want vim or any console editor.

edit: hopefully it has tabs

[zugu]

I use GNOME but I prefer XFCE's Mousepad. It's much faster than Gedit and has almost the same options.
In CLI I prefer nano.

[Spr0k3t]

Terminal: Vi (but would love to get my hands on eve_screen from the old VMS system)
Graphical: Gedit

[steven8]

gedit

[jclmusic]

i prefer mousepad - loads quickly and has everything i need without pointless options i never use.

[karellen]

gedit it's just fine for me