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Or Gedit, which has a very good amount of plug-ins that allow you to configure it the way you want. He might even want to start using Vim right in the terminal.
by orangethirty 14y ago
Or Gedit, which has a very good amount of plug-ins that allow you to configure it the way you want. He might even want to start using Vim right in the terminal.
- AlexeyBrin 14y agoGedit is a good and free alternative, also multiplatform. I doubt a guy that goes all the way to install Wine just to use his favorite (mouse driven) text editor will be comfortable in VIM (I know you can use the mouse in VIM, but it was designed for extensive keyboard usage).
- orangethirty 14y agoGood point. Though writing code goes smoother when you don't need to use the mouse (IMO).