Dinky is GUI-like with tabs and themes; Ne is keyboard-forward. Replace Nano with a modern alternative.

For Linux and MacOS, Fresh is the best of both worlds - a terminal text editor with GUI-like options. I'm all for it.

While Linux isn't strictly a text-only system, it has a reputation for making better use of plain text than any other operating system. While many tools cater to programmers, writers, and authors can ...

Sublime Text is a proprietary, cross-platform text editor designed for people who spend huge amounts of time shuffling code around. A programmer's editor, Sublime Text is a third option to the ...

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. It's super easy to get ...

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. It’s taken a while, but I’ve finally ...

jEdit is a cross-platform text editor written in Java. The current stable version at time of this writing is 4.3.2, and it's available at http://jedit.org. Besides ...

Most Linux users know vim as a text editor that descended from vi. It can also function as a tool for encrypting text files. In this post, we examine how this is done and how to reverse the process.

Learn the basics for using Emacs and vi text editors for your e-mail, Web design and programming needs in Linux. If you've recently installed Linux on your desktop PC, or are working with some other ...

Pick a different text editor for Linux Mint or Ubuntu Here’s how you can quickly change the default system text editor in Ubuntu or Linux Mint. 1. Open a terminal window. 2. Type in this command and ...