Which is the best text editor do you prefer?

2 points·kxhitiz··14 comments

I have switched from gedit to redcar to finally Sublime text 2. And I am pretty much happy with it. At my office I use to code on textmate on OS X and I like it, but I have decided to leave it due to lack of its presence in other platforms.

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I was a big fan of EmEditor on Windows - started up instantly and had great features like native CSV support and vertical highlighting.

I currently use TextMate out of habit, but I'm really not fond of the performance. Find in Files locks up the entire editor, and occasionally the same thing happens after committing to SVN. I've been flipping between SublimeText2 and Vico. I'd probably use Vico fulltime if it had a way to toggle between vim-mode and "always insert" mode, since I'm still a little rough when it comes to vim.

Vim, just because I am used to it and because I can use it within a dropdown terminal window.

Pe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pe_(text_editor)

I have to ask. BeOS is discontinued but per this comment and your username, I assume you're still using BeOS? If so, why? Honest curiosity

Be lives on in Haiku OS:

http://haiku-os.org/ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3904972 http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/the-dawn-of-haik...

BBEdit on the Mac for code and common text. iA Writer for thought and blog writing...

Emacs on Windows Emacs on Mac Emacs on Linux

I use ConTEXT... it is simple lightweight.

ConTEXT, fond memories! ConTEXT was my favorite editor 10 years ago when it was actively developed. Nowadays I mainly use an IDE.

Notepad++ on Windows, Kate on linux.

Vim (linux) JEdit (windows)

nano , use it on windows also

emacs

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