A Windows user at Computerworld tries Linux text editors, old and new. Linux buffs tend to scoff at one of the major reasons that Windows users like me haven’t switched yet: We don’t want to give up ...

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 ...

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.

Take the confusion out of switching between insert and command modes in vi's Linux text editor. The vi text editor has been around almost as long as Unix, and consequently can be found installed on ...

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: * Good text manipulation – things like changing ...

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 ...

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 ...

https://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,83754/description.html (free) adds a new control interface to the Firefox browser that mimics commands from the Unix text ...

Text editors are usually replacements for full-fledged word processing suites. They can offer very simple one-trick functionality such as Leafpad or multi-functional tabbed writing tools with even ...

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 ...