RCS::Intro Linux and HPC::Editors


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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.

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GUI/X11-Aware Editors

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Gedit

gedit is a simple graphical editor for the GNOME desktop environment (though it works fine within other Linux desktops, including KDE).

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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.

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Emacs

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Terminal-Based Editors

2.1. 

vi

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Joe and Nano