What's your favorite text editor?

[maximusprimate]

Any Sublime Text lovers out there?

[slip84]

I deal with some stupid big files and haven't really found my true love yet. UltraEdit rocks, but I can't shell out the dough for it (work related, can't justify it), so I settle with Notepad++. Sublime is pretty, but doesn't handle large files/regex well at all. Just hangs.

If I was a developer, I could see the appeal, though.

[mdszy]

When I used linux I was a die-hard Vim fan but now that I primarily use Windows I've gotten more into using Sublime Text and I'm quite liking it.

[inanis]

I use Notepad++ a lot when I'm in Windows. In Linux I usually use vim. Not particularly flashy stuff, but it gets the job done well.

[jbondeson]

Emacs. It's the only right answer.

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

Notepad++

[sethk_]

Any Sublime Text lovers out there?

yeah! sublime here as well!

[Lastpilot]

Yep. Sublime here too.

[sethk_]

Yep. Sublime here too.

What theme do you use? I use penumbra dark

[Lastpilot]

Yep. Sublime here too.

What theme do you use? I use penumbra dark

Default monokai. I tried giving other themes a chance but somehow it just felt wrong lol. Nothing against Penumbra dark though - it sounds like the next best thing. :]

[retrochick]

Started with dreamweaver, then textedit, then bbedit, then coda, then sublime text 2, now I'm using atom. had a short stint with vim for a bit. like atom a lot.

[clacktalk]

sublime text 2 is pretty and has everything i need. although i am limiting my use so i can get more comfortable and speedier with vim

[rowdy]

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=48499.0

Although that thread is now nearly 18 months old.

My preferences have not changed since my post there.

[user 18]

Geany on Debian, Notepad++ on Windows.

I really like the look of Sublime, but I haven't had a chance to play with it yet.

[iMav]

I use Vim when working from a shell.  On OS X I will often use TextMate (I LOVE TextMate).

[cooldiscretion]

I used Emacs for 3.5 years and loved it. But then I got bored and read a few books on vim and I've been using that for the last several months. My opinion is that they are both great editors with superb features, just different.

[Stargorn]

Emacs is love, emacs is life.

[UKKeycaps]

What's wrong with good ol' Notepad?

[dndlmx]

Vim for simpler stuff and ssh. I'm not like an expert, but basic vi moves are just engrained by now, and my little vimrc is set up the way I like.

TextEdit if I just wanna jump around with the "mouse".  Xcode if I need syntax highlighting...

[mdszy]

Xcode if I need syntax highlighting...

Vim does do that, you know 

[dndlmx]

I use vim color scheme called jellybean, it looks nice!

[trenzafeeds]

Love me some Vim (as does almost everyone else in this thread it seems), but I also go for Notepad++ on Windows.

[Dongulator]

Any Sublime Text lovers out there?

Sublime is hands down the best text editor I have ever used.. you can use the free version for ever and the only time a pop up happens every 5th save.

[rowdy]

Any Sublime Text lovers out there?

Sublime is hands down the best text editor I have ever used.. you can use the free version for ever and the only time a pop up happens every 5th save.

It's not exactly a free version, more an evaluation version with an unlimited evaluation period.

[Dongulator]

Any Sublime Text lovers out there?

Sublime is hands down the best text editor I have ever used.. you can use the free version for ever and the only time a pop up happens every 5th save.

It's not exactly a free version, more an evaluation version with an unlimited evaluation period.

Yes.. Yes.. This is a correct statement. Evaluation for sure.Although the price is a little high at 70 bucks. It's nice to support a one man team who made it.

[Findecanor]

I use "pico" the most... or rather GNU's clone "nano".
I quite like it, but it is very insufficient for long coding sessions with many and/or large syntax-highlighted files.

I don't like auto-completion that jumps up in my face and grabs key presses that it shouldn't. If I write half a word and then press 'down-arrow' then my intention is to move the frakkin' cursor to the frakkin' next line - NOT to select from a list of auto-completed words.
A long time ago I started writing a text editor, but I never got very far.

[temporal]

On mac I've gone from Sublime to Atom. Atom is pretty slick. The 1.0 release video is pretty wonderful:

On Windows it's Notepad++

[ddot]

No coding for me, but I spend a surprisingly amount of time shuffling text around between autocad/word/excel/email/web etc.  A program that allowed for the manipulation of pure text while ignoring formatting was in order.  Despite playing around with Notepad++ a few times, I always find it too feature rich and cluttered for what I need.  Metapad seems to hit the sweet spot.  (PureText was a pretty awesome discovery too.)

[Oobly]

I use Notepad++ for most stuff on my PC, but for creative writing I use Jotterpad X on my phone and WriteMonkey on my PC.

[BlueNalgene]

Somebody has to be the weird one:

On Linux - nano
On Windows - notepad

Text wrapping is for chumps.

[davkol]

I used PSPad all the time back when I was on MS Windows many years ago.

Then I tried many generic text editors, esp. after the switch to GNU/Linux. I still occasionally run Kate or Geany to preview a file. They're quite nice for what they are.

I eventually learned Vim basics though. It's still my go-to editor for changing config files in the command line. However, I've switched to GNU Emacs for any serious writing; the default bindings are also consistent with Bash, which is nice, although I've seriously considered Spacemacs or some Vi-emulation mode. I use the editor even in the web browser (see It's All Text! for Firefox, KeySnail enables basically the same thing too).

I don't like Sublime Text. It's proprietary (hint: bus factor and related lock-in) and it's never worked correctly on any of my systems.

[iMav]

I've been stuck having to use ed in a repair/recovery scenario back in my Unix admin days.  Not really a full text editor though. (And definitely not my favorite...although I appreciate the history.)

[DanielT]

Vi and Vim here. Even on Windows I use GVim. Got used to it ages ago when I started with Solaris and UNIX , for me is more than enough

[Heliobb]

Vim and macvim. Sublime when coworker are lost with my vim and want to pair-programming 

[Doyniish]

Sublime Text for me! Custom theme mixed with package manager allows me to do anything I want it to.

[dndlmx]

Post your vimrc anyone?   

[daerid]

vim

everywhere


everywhere

[daerid]

Post your vimrc anyone?   

Here ya go. There's a bunch of stuff I don't really use much anymore still in there, I've been tweaking my setup for about 8 years now.

[PicklesKill]

I use Visual studios ultimate, got it free through college.

[Heliobb]

Here is my vimrc

[PicklesKill]

Is vim relatively easy to learn?

[Heliobb]

Is vim relatively easy to learn?

At the beginning is quite frustrating but after it's awesome.

[strict]

I seriously love Sublime Text, it is by far my favorite text editor. I do occasionally use notepad++ but 98% of the time I'm using Sublime Text.

[dndlmx]

Is vim relatively easy to learn?

Stay away from arrow buttons disable them shiz, right away....

[Doyniish]

Is vim relatively easy to learn?

Stay away from arrow buttons disable them shiz, right away....

Yes! You aren't truly a vimmer if you use arrow keys 

[daerid]

Is vim relatively easy to learn?

Disabling arrow keys helps. The first things you need to know are:

1. h = left, j = down, k = up, l = right (so you can move around)
2. i/o/a get you out of command mode and allow you to start typing (and allow you to use backspace and delete)
3. escape puts you back in command mode (so you can use hjkl again)
4. :help in normal mode (absolutely vital. Vim's documentation is glorious)

You can start with those and actually get stuff done. Eventually you will feel limited and start looking for more ways to work faster. Congratulations, you've taken the red pill. It's a pretty deep rabbit hole.

Also, there are plenty of great learning resources. Vim comes with vimtutor, which I found to be extremely useful. Another one is Vim Adventures, a fun little top-down adventure game where the controls are vim commands.

[Heliobb]

After you have a nice book : https://pragprog.com/book/dnvim/practical-vim

Check also this vid : http://derekwyatt.org/vim/tutorials/novice/

[Seranite]

Notepad++ REPRESENT!

[PicklesKill]

Awesome thanks y'all, luckily I rarely use arrow keys when editing.

[rowdy]

Is vim relatively easy to learn?

Disabling arrow keys helps. The first things you need to know are:

1. h = left, j = down, k = up, l = right (so you can move around)
2. i/o/a get you out of command mode and allow you to start typing (and allow you to use backspace and delete)
3. escape puts you back in command mode (so you can use hjkl again)
4. :help in normal mode (absolutely vital. Vim's documentation is glorious)

You can start with those and actually get stuff done. Eventually you will feel limited and start looking for more ways to work faster. Congratulations, you've taken the red pill. It's a pretty deep rabbit hole.

Also, there are plenty of great learning resources. Vim comes with vimtutor, which I found to be extremely useful. Another one is Vim Adventures, a fun little top-down adventure game where the controls are vim commands.

Also:

dd = delete line
x = delete character
1G = go to first line
G = go to last line
:w = write
:q = quit

With these basic commands you can edit a file, insert and delete text, save your changes and quit