My favorite editors are BBedit and Textwrangler. I can tell that there is NO alternative on Linux. Vi(m) and Emacs are great and powerful editors, but they hav

My favorite editors are BBedit and Textwrangler. I can tell that there is NO alternative on Linux. Vi(m) and Emacs are great and powerful editors, but they have a completely different philosophy than BBedit (or Textmate, or SubEthaEdit). If you are looking for something similar on linux, you are stuck with JEdit. Although JEdit is also a first class editor after years of using it I am bored and want an alternative. There is Nedit, Kate and this stuff. Not usable if you compare them feature wise with JEdit or BBedit. From my perspective, its the other way round: Mac editors rule and linux is editing desert.