Editors
There are more editors available in most Linux distros than you can comfortably shake a stick at:
- MS Windows Notepad-Like
- If you are new to Linux, perhaps you want something akin to Notepad or Wordpad? Try gedit or KWrite.
- More Advanced
- Those looking for a more advanced GUI editor should consider Kate.
- Old School
- The old-school among us would not dream of using the editors mentioned above, of course. The hardcore use the original, vi, which is still going strong; like vi, joe and nano are terminal/text-based editors, though a bit more user-friendly. Finally and foremost, there is Emacs, which can run both terminal/text-based and GUI, can do everything and is easily extensible via LISP.
1. |
GUI/X11-Aware Editors |
1.1. |
Gedit |
gedit is a simple graphical editor for the GNOME desktop environment (though it works fine within other Linux desktops, including KDE).
1.2. |
Kwrite and Kate |
KWrite is, roughly, KDE's equivalent of gedit: a simple lightweight editor. For those who want a more advanced editor, give Kate a go.
Network Transparency
All KDE applications, including KWrite or Kate are network transparent, i.e., they can open files which exist on a remote host via, for example SFTP, without it being necessary to login to the remote system.
1.3. |
Emacs |
2. |
Terminal-Based Editors |
2.1. |
vi |
2.2. |
Joe and Nano |