I have a question for all #elementaryos users:
Is it me or Code (io.elementary.code) is actually too much for a simple notepad-like application? I miss gedit, but it doesn't fit into what I see as the elementary way to do things.
I started learning Vala, noticed that I needed a bit more experience to do what I wanted to do, and began writing my own Notepad-like application, that's why I want to know.
#elementaryos #linux #pantheon #opensource #notepadlike #editor
I like geany - works with most languages and is fairly simple, quick, etc.
If you write python code, then try IDLE .
On mint lmde, the standard texteditor is nice, for things like javascript, good if you edit remotely across a ssh connection.
I often sit at an apple laptop, editing via ssh -Y and xquartz - geany works, and texteditor works, from remote raspberry pi's.
Not sure what I will do with wayland? Maybe they will get x11 working properly.
@RichRARobi my question was the other way round:
io.elementary.code is too overkill for a normal, notepad-like text editor but ElementaryOS doesn't include a Granite-based alternative.
For real coding I use vim when I'm alone (I've been using it for 20+ years) and Codium (Visual Studio Code clone without Microsoft stuff) when I have to do pair programming, so that I don't scare my colleagues with stuff like :wq! or yyp.
@rogerweissenbrunner
I tried vi once, never recovered... but I hate editors that do code insertion, if i am typing away and it starts sticking brackets in I get in a complete pickle.
Like bloody guess-a-word on 'smart'-phones, guaranteed to bugger-up whatever you want to put in. practically the first thing I switch off on a new device.
Atom looks quite good, but possibly overkill on small systems?
I hadn't heard of codium
@RichRARobi vi/vim is difficult to learn.
I stuck my head on it for a month in 1995, printed a cheatsheet with modes and keystrokes, and used vimtutor several times a day to train my muscle memory. It paid off, I didn't need another editor for the rest of my life.
I even have my own vim setup ready to replicate in my dotfiles github repo at https://www.codeberg.org/rogerweissenbrunner/dotfiles.git with a small note on how to use all the things I added to my setup.
@RichRARobi Microsoft Visual Studio Code has become a standard in the development world.
Well, VS Codium is the open source portion of Microsoft Visual Studio Code, minus telemetry and GitHub integration.
Since I refrain from having anything to do with American technology companies such as Microsoft, Google, Apple, Amazon, Meta, X or IBM, I go for the open source version instead.
Sadly, I can't get rid of GitHub.
Roger Weißenbrunner
RichRARobi