You can attach an external editor if you want, though I think it is not needed for learning. There is more value in the tight integration than the conveniences

You can attach an external editor if you want, though I think it is not needed for learning. There is more value in the tight integration than the conveniences of a great text editor. I've used this Sublime Text Package which works well: https://packagecontrol.io/packages/PICO-8 https://packagecontrol.io/packages/PICO-8