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Which text editor do you use?

  • 26-05-2013 10:35pm
    #1
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey folks,

    Just wanted to get an overview of which text editor people are using these days :) Hopefully not starting a flame war! :pac:

    Might be useful to say what kind of development you do, also.

    Maybe we can steer clear of the IDE vs. text editor debate, as it came up elsewhere and got a bit heated! I'm more interested in, for people who 'just' use a text editor, which do they use?

    I'm a Ruby developer mostly, but pretty much for everything I use Sublime Text 2. If I'm working on something on a server directly, or for small changes where I'm already on the command line, I'll use Vim.

    I'm still learning how to use Vim. I can do the basics handily enough now, but I don't know enough about it to be able to get much productivity out of it.


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  • #2
    KonFusion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 2,588 Mod ✭✭✭✭KonFusion


    ST2 for pretty much everything.

    There's a recent similar thread here.


  • #3
    Ludo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    NotePad++

    Find it to be the fastest for opening files so I use it by default.


  • #4
    Colonel Panic
    Registered Users Posts: 2,012 ✭✭✭Colonel Panic


    I use Vim for OSX and Linux development quite a lot. Probably 80% of the time... I like Notepad++ for Windows but for the most part I stick within the bounds of Visual Studio.


  • #5
    Useful.Idiot
    Registered Users Posts: 1,833 ✭✭✭Useful.Idiot


    Sublime Text 2. Decided to give it a go for a current project. It's just so...sexy.


  • #6
    Steve
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    notepad++ is a great all rounder, just discovered it a few months ago.

    It's got some great auto formatting features for looking at scripts & xml.


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  • #7
    RealistSpy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭RealistSpy


    notepad++


  • #8
    [-0-]
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,981 ✭✭✭[-0-]


    notepad++
    vi
    eclipse


  • #9
    GreenWolfe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭GreenWolfe


    Notepad++, nano, and gedit in order of most to least usage. I'm also trying to get my head around Vim, but failing miserably :(


  • #10
    Unregistered.
    Registered Users Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Unregistered.


    Notepad++ as a default for pretty much any text files. Has an FTP plugin as well so it's useful for remote editing.


  • #11
    Mort5000
    Registered Users Posts: 419 ✭✭Mort5000


    Notepad++ and VIM.
    Occasionally Notepad if I'm lazy and need that magic F5 functionality.


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  • #12
    jester77
    Registered Users Posts: 11,262 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    Depends on what I'm doing but Sublime, VIM and IntelliJ covers everything.


  • #13
    croo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 1,333 Mod ✭✭✭✭croo


    excluding IDE's I'm still using vi(m) & jEdit... I like that it's cross platform!


  • #14
    Skrynesaver
    Registered Users Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭Skrynesaver


    Vim, Eclipse (Testing Sublime @ the moment, still not sure...)


  • #15
    00833827
    Closed Accounts Posts: 405 ✭✭00833827


    Sublime 2


  • #16
    PrzemoF
    Registered Users Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭PrzemoF


    vim


  • #17
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,556 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    xcode
    sublime
    vi


  • #18
    ectoraige
    Registered Users Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭ectoraige


    ivimESC:wq


  • #19
    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,280 ✭✭✭jmcc


    On Linux, at the command line, 'joe'. On Windows, I have Dreamweaver for website code but I don't really write code on Windows.

    Regards...jmcc


  • #20
    Reamer Fanny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭Reamer Fanny


    NotePad++ or nano on linux


  • #21
    redman85
    Registered Users Posts: 553 ✭✭✭redman85


    sublime text 2 with Emmet installed


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  • #22
    AwayWithFaries
    Registered Users Posts: 452 ✭✭AwayWithFaries


    Notepad++ on Windows and vim on Linux.

    Notepad++ is excellent, easy to use and setup. Vim takes a bit of getting use to but once you get the hang of it worth it.


  • #23
    timetogo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 990 ✭✭✭timetogo


    Notepad ++.
    I tried Sublime Text but I found two negatives that turned me off it.
    One is the cost if you want to license it.
    The second (and bigger for me) was the fact that you can't print from it. I know some people will argue that printing is old fashioned or not needed but I need it. So I had Sublime Text for work and then Notepad++ (or anything else) to copy text into to print. I gave up after doing that for a few days.


  • #24
    Sparks
    Registered Users Posts: 40,055 ✭✭✭✭Sparks


    Always (g)vim, except when only vi is installed and I've no time to install vim.
    Mind you, if you took all the people who answered "vim" and looked at their setup, I don't think you'd find much commonality. At last count vim had 4500+ scripts for everything from tweaking colour schemes to making it into a fully fledged ide for several languages; and that's without even mentioning vim-vs-gvim...


  • #25
    c_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,436 ✭✭✭c_man


    My main work would involve VS but for pumping out a python script, analysing log files etc it's Notepad++ all the way for me.

    When I have to examine an issue with the build on Mac I find myself using Sublime Text, but I suppose I really should learn Vim or the likes...


  • #26
    Mo14
    Registered Users Posts: 341 ✭✭Mo14


    Just a lowly 2nd year Comp Sci. student here, but my setup is as follows:
    Sublime text 2 for everything from C to Scheme to Python on Windows
    Vim on Linux, mainly just for learning Django on my raspberry pi.
    VS and Eclipse for C# and Java respectively.


  • #27
    SalteeDog
    Registered Users Posts: 450 ✭✭SalteeDog


    I don't do much coding at work but for personal stuff I use NotePad++ on Windows, Geany on Linux and Emacs for doing stuff directly on the server.


  • #28
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,082 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Just use gedit, vi and vim mostly. I'll use an IDE given half a chance.


  • #29
    Trojan
    Registered Users Posts: 16,402 ✭✭✭✭Trojan


    Notepad2 - it's a drop in replacement for Windows Notepad. Does syntax highlighting, pretty much everything else needed in a coder's text editor, and loads as fast as system Notepad (very important to me).

    🎙️ The Recognized Authority Podcast



  • #30
    ChRoMe
    Registered Users Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭ChRoMe


    Notepad++ on windows, vi on Linux.


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  • #31
    returnNull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,235 ✭✭✭returnNull


    notepad++


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