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I'm impressed that KDE's standard text editor supports LSP. I wish it was on Flatpak so I could try it easily.

at the website in the link there are instructions for building from sources

"easily"

I remember finding Kate back in the day, when I was first learning to program and had previously done my Java coding in notepad. I recall having my mind blown because I had never seen syntax highlighting before and it was magical.

What cross-platform (or GNU/Linux) text editors/IDEs have a good FTP plugin like Notepad++ does with NppFTP?

Editor FTP integration is essential for my use-case, but I'd like to move off Windows as my daily driver OS if I can find an editor equivalent for Debian.

Under Linux many desktop environment have support for FTP (via GVfs, KIO, etc.).

A well integrated editor (which Kate might be) will usually support editing files on such folders.

Alternatively, you can try curlftpfs, to access your FTP server like a local file system.

I can confirm that Kate allows to edit files over FTP/SFTP/SMB and many more smoothly, which works over the KIO virtual file system. You can display the (remote) file tree on the side bar and files are uploaded at save (CTRL+S). When the upload takes longer, you even get a progress bar. It just feels very smooth.

Thank you for your suggestions!

Emacs with AngeFTP which is built in these days.

People say that Notepad++ runs perfectly under Wine on Linux.

Unfortunately it's not quite perfect for me on Wine, I tried.

is there a way to install it with home-brew on mac and no this doesn't work ? https://invent.kde.org/packaging/homebrew-kde/-/blob/master/...

Oh man, Kate advanced a lot since I last used it. Time to give it another go!

It’s a nice editor and old as hills

Why Kate and not VSCode?

1. It's not an Electron "app", it's a native, compiled regular good old program.

2. From the VS Code website: "By downloading and using Visual Studio Code, you agree to the license terms and privacy statement. VS Code automatically sends telemetry data and crash dumps to help us improve the product."

3. Why not vim?

I mean, you could swap in any editor for comparison. A quick skim of the homepage seems to say that it’s capable of everything an editor-that doesn’t-claim-to-be-an-IDE has to do. Some folks might value the lack of Microsoft involvement.

It is one of the best editors out there that does not cost an arm and a leg to operate.

Since when does VSCode cost an arm and a leg to operate? Also saying it’s one of the best doesn’t explain why. I’m asking whether there is something distinctive about it.

Try running VS Studio with a Celeron and a gig of RAM

Ahh ok - so it’s good for low powered hardware. That’s a useful answer.

Edit: corrected ‘old’ to ‘low powered’.

Old hardware isn't the only low-powered hardware.

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