Comments on: My Favorite Command Line Editors for Linux – What’s Your Editor?

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 17:28:06 +0000

I have used vi for the past 35 years and never had a good reason to change. It is just unfortunate that they chose h,j,k,l for navigation instead of a,s,d,w as the gamers use, or else the gamers would also be vi fans.

By: Ravi Saive

Ravi Saive — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 06:31:20 +0000

In reply to Antonio.

@Antonio,

Thank you for sharing your favorite terminal editor, “ne“. It’s great to hear that it’s lightweight, user-friendly, and has useful features that cater to both experienced users and beginners.

It’s always helpful to have recommendations from experienced users like yourself. Based on the search results, “ne” seems to be a popular and well-regarded terminal text editor and a good alternative to vi editor.

By: Antonio

Antonio — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 08:53:45 +0000

My favorite terminal editor (lightweight, usability, and features) is "ne", which is good for both experienced users and beginners.

By: joris teepe

joris teepe — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 18:15:51 +0000

I use jstar, because it works similarly to WordStar, which was the important word processor in 1988 running under cp/m before msdos appeared.

Unfortunately, I didn’t find a similar editor for Windows

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 01:56:21 +0000

In reply to Anika. I heard about Micro on the Linux Matter podcasts and decided to give it a try. Was pleasantly surprised as to its simplicity and power. It's now my go-to text editor. I could never get 100% comfortable with Nano and mainly used Vim prior to that. Dabbled in Emacs a way back, but it was way too complex for the small tasks I needed a text editor to perform.