#xed's #HTML syntax highlighting keeps crashing on <h2> and <h3> and it's pissing me right the fuck off! Been doing it for years now.

I like xed. I like xed for everything *except* HTML! So goddamned frustrating.

This word is not in some dictionaries, probably because most people do not think it is a thing, yet many suffer from it:

#unforgiveness

The video shows the xed text editor in Linux Mint.

#dictionary #words #LinuxMint #xed #spiritual

For years now, my go-to "open -a Xcode ." failed with "Xcode not found". I thought something with "xcodes” was off but never investigated.

Using Codex, I found out that the "Xcode.app" symlink is still pointing to 15.4! Not actually the problem but still interesting.

But it pointed me to #xed, so TIL that there is already a CLI that I can call with fewer keystrokes to open #Xcode for the current path 🥳

$ xed .

Most used applications on my #LinuxMint #LMDE laptop:

#LibreWolf
#Xed
#RetroArch
#ScummVM
#Redream
#chiaki-ng (for #PS5)
#VLC
#StrawberryMusicPlayer
#NicotinePlus
#qBittorrent
#Geeqie
#GIMP
#GnomeContacts
#GnomeCalendar
#GnomeTerminal
#Stellarium
#Foliate
#Blanket
#Plank

Gave it a try, and I’m not replacing #PhpStorm with #Neovim anytime soon 😞

#Nano / #Xed on the other hand… (And I guess I’ll setup Vim keys in PhpStorm)

"Xed-Editor was updated to 3.1.0, and Git integration was moved to a standalone extension. The developer also warns users to only download the app from the official sources: F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid and the project Github, as somebody has put the app on Play without their approval. The same person/company has done the same for WhatSave unfortunately."

Source: https://f-droid.org/2025/05/22/twif.html

#xed #fdroid #android #playstore #fakeapp #psa #foss #opensource

@serimemo

It's years that I use #markdown for any #notetaking and it feels great, independently from the software.

#Notepad++ #Kate or #Xed do the trick as well, but #Obsidian has a cleaner UX (à la Apple) and an interesting graph feature and a great companion browser extension.

However I prefer the control and customisation capabilities that #QOwnNotes provides. That's my nerdy choice.

I'm writing a document in #Markdown and was somewhat disappointed to realise that #Xed (the default text editor in #LinuxMint) doesn't have a Markdown preview ability...

I didn't really want to install an app just for writing/previewing Markdown files, so searched online instead and found https://stackedit.io/app

It seems to work quite nicely, and it's #FOSS! Win-win.

#StackEdit #Linux #LMDE