InternetCitizen2What less popular text editors do you like or should have a shout out more often? What stuff do you do with it?
FizzLinux people seem to be obsessed with text editors. If I’m on windows I use notepad and on linux I use Kate or whatever the default is. What am I missing out on by not trying out different editors?
PandaI never understood why people liked Notepad++ so much. I always just used Notepad for simple text file editing and quick notes.
But I recently switched to POP!_OS and the text editor has lots of features Notepad doesn’t have (such as line numbers, indentation, and I can select the (programming) language I am writing the document in) and I found myself really liking these features.
Np++ has tabs, plus it autosaves so it can pull out old unsaved text upon reopening. Plus, it has syntaxes highlighting based on the selected coding language. And all the plug-ins for extra functionality.
Notepad is simple no frills for basic text, but np++ is great for coding (it can sometimes be even better than IDLE for Python coding).
Yeah, I now realise it could be very useful! I think Notepad in Windows 11 has tabs now but it’s still super barebones.