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Ask HN: What text editor do you use and why?

5 points by taeyoungwoo 14y ago

selectnull 14y ago
Vim. It's fast, very powerful, installed on every server I ssh to, very powerful, great syntax highligting for many languages, easy on my wrists, great plugins.
pinion247 14y ago
Sublime 2 - lightweight, speedy, nice theme options, plenty of syntax compatibility, and 1000-foot code view.
- c250d07 14y ago
  Also has an excellent plugin, snippet, and configuration system. I just really wish it was open source.
Kell 14y ago
I use the HN or google search box. Like this : http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=text+editor+do+you&start=0 http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=text+editor... And tadaaa : http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3717754 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3717754 Anyway... I use SublimeText 2 too.
waivej 14y ago
1. Notepad and Textedit since they are already installed. 2. Very old MS Developer Studio since I'm a creature of habit and I like it. 3. Other IDE editors for specific domains.
marssaxman 14y ago
Nano. It does everything I need and nothing more. Plus, it's already installed everywhere.
far-I 14y ago
Vim is the most natural choice for me. I learned how to type when I was a kid, so using Vim for me is the best way to make use of these skills. It's so nice to be able to delete a line by pressing d-d instead of having to grab the mouse, underline the line and press delete. It's like playing piano, Vim is an instrument of pleasure, a drug and what's probably going to kill me.maybe not that much...
japhyr 14y ago
Emacs. It's what I started with, and it feels very natural to use. But I went to PyCon and saw almost everyone using vim, and very few people using emacs. As a high school teacher, I want to be comfortable in emacs and vim. I want to be able to show students both, and help them pick the one that works best for them.
jiahuang 14y ago
Geany. Simple and lightweight. I can run the local server from the built in terminal which is great because I can easily find program outputs among all the other windows I have open.
factorialboy 14y ago
Gedit. Why? Ubuntu is my preferred OS distro and it comes pre-installed. It's pretty cool and lets me do text editing and scripting / programming for smaller projects. ## Honorable mentions Scite, SublimeText 2, Leafpad (Xfce), Notepad++ etc.
biopharma_guy 14y ago
Sublime 2 for programming and coda for web development. I have recently started using Sublime 2 and like it. It is light weight with tons of features.You can use several plugins used in textmate as well as other text editors. And Coda I use for real time web development (it synchronizes the file to server in real time and you see the result right away)
grn 14y ago
Vim - because its everywhere and controlling it doesn't require much typing (I suffer from hands problems). Emacs - because it's so extensible and I prefer ELisp over Vimscript.
Killswitch 14y ago
Mac: TextMate, Linux/Terminal: VIM
lsiebert 14y ago
Vim, and gedit and notepad++ on windows, the latter is extremely useful.
milliams 14y ago
Kate

5 points by taeyoungwoo 14y ago

Vim. It's fast, very powerful, installed on every server I ssh to, very powerful, great syntax highligting for many languages, easy on my wrists, great plugins.

pinion247 14y ago

Sublime 2 - lightweight, speedy, nice theme options, plenty of syntax compatibility, and 1000-foot code view.

c250d07 14y ago
Also has an excellent plugin, snippet, and configuration system. I just really wish it was open source.

Kell 14y ago

I use the HN or google search box. Like this : http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=text+editor+do+you&start=0 http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=text+editor... And tadaaa : http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3717754 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3717754 Anyway... I use SublimeText 2 too.

waivej 14y ago

1. Notepad and Textedit since they are already installed. 2. Very old MS Developer Studio since I'm a creature of habit and I like it. 3. Other IDE editors for specific domains.

marssaxman 14y ago

Nano. It does everything I need and nothing more. Plus, it's already installed everywhere.

far-I 14y ago

Vim is the most natural choice for me. I learned how to type when I was a kid, so using Vim for me is the best way to make use of these skills. It's so nice to be able to delete a line by pressing d-d instead of having to grab the mouse, underline the line and press delete. It's like playing piano, Vim is an instrument of pleasure, a drug and what's probably going to kill me.maybe not that much...

japhyr 14y ago

Emacs. It's what I started with, and it feels very natural to use. But I went to PyCon and saw almost everyone using vim, and very few people using emacs. As a high school teacher, I want to be comfortable in emacs and vim. I want to be able to show students both, and help them pick the one that works best for them.

jiahuang 14y ago

Geany. Simple and lightweight. I can run the local server from the built in terminal which is great because I can easily find program outputs among all the other windows I have open.

factorialboy 14y ago

Gedit. Why? Ubuntu is my preferred OS distro and it comes pre-installed. It's pretty cool and lets me do text editing and scripting / programming for smaller projects. ## Honorable mentions Scite, SublimeText 2, Leafpad (Xfce), Notepad++ etc.

biopharma_guy 14y ago

Sublime 2 for programming and coda for web development. I have recently started using Sublime 2 and like it. It is light weight with tons of features.You can use several plugins used in textmate as well as other text editors. And Coda I use for real time web development (it synchronizes the file to server in real time and you see the result right away)

grn 14y ago

Vim - because its everywhere and controlling it doesn't require much typing (I suffer from hands problems). Emacs - because it's so extensible and I prefer ELisp over Vimscript.

Killswitch 14y ago

Mac: TextMate, Linux/Terminal: VIM

lsiebert 14y ago

Vim, and gedit and notepad++ on windows, the latter is extremely useful.

milliams 14y ago

Kate