Linux users have more text editors, IDEs, and command-line tools than a programmer can shake a stick at. If you're looking for a good programming text editor, we recommend Kate. It's super easy to get ...

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 ...

Fresh: a feature-packed, IDE-like terminal editor with tabs, markdown preview, syntax highlighting, and Git. Micro: a simple, Nano-like editor with modern keybindings, mouse support, and built-in ...

Still, I’d prefer to find a text editor that’s meant to run on Linux. After my article was posted, readers offered a slew of suggestions for replacement editors. It’s taken awhile, but I’ve finally ...

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.

If you are looking for a superior text editor, your search might just begin and end with a nifty program called “Geany.” One of my biggest concerns when I switched from Microsoft Windows to Linux was ...

Nano/pico pretty much scratches all the itches for a basic user interface for text. It's not like I need to create a functional operating system within EMACS and who the heck remembers to ESC ESC :wq!