The VI text editor is the most used and popular Linux text editor. You can get it in almost any Linux distribution. There are two modes, Insert and Command. Command mode is used to take the user ...

A bug impacting editors Vim and Neovim could allow a trojan code to escape sandbox mitigations. A high-severity bug impacting two popular command-line text editing applications, Vim and Neovim ...

At its heart, jEdit is a just a text editor, although it's a text editor with a lot of options. You can make these options global or apply them on a per-buffer basis. You can reach the options via the ...

Windows/Linux: We’ve long been fans of Simplenote, but Windows and Linux users have had to use third-party editors to access their notes. Now, Simplenote’s native app is finally available for ...

Still, I’d prefer to find a text editor that’s meant to run on Linux. After my article was posted, readers offered a slew of suggestions for replacement editors.

Faceoff: Nine Linux text editors From the Paleozoic era (Emacs, KVIM) Writing code the modern way (Arachnophila, Bluefish, Komodo Edit, NEdit) Word processing lite (Gedit, Kate) All-in-one (Quanta ...

Linux users have more text editors, IDEs, and command-line tools than a programmer can shake a stick at. If you're looking for a good programming text editor, we recommend Kate.

I’m experimenting with desktop Linux (SuSE), and am looking for a robust text/html editor to stand in for the NoteTab Pro I use on Windows. I’m seeking: ...

If you are looking for a superior text editor, your search might just begin and end with a nifty program called "Geany." One of my biggest concerns when I switched from Microsoft Windows to Linux was ...

Learn the basics for using Emacs and vi text editors for your e-mail, Web design and programming needs in Linux. Written by Bruce Stewart, Contributor Feb. 8, 2001, 12:30 a.m. PT ...