Good unix editor.

Mon · 24 Feb 2011 at 16:49

Hi I trying to do some programming under Ubuntu, in the past I have used Kscope. although this is no longer supported.

I am wondering if their are any good alternatives?

geuben · 24 Feb 2011 at 16:50

Sp00n · 24 Feb 2011 at 16:59

geuben said:
vim

Inquisitor · 24 Feb 2011 at 17:14

Sp00n said:
geuben said:

vim

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Inquisitor · 24 Feb 2011 at 17:15

(It may take some time to get used to but it's so worth it.)

Mon · 24 Feb 2011 at 17:21

Was looking for GUI based editor ,kscope had a similar feel to notepad++ in windows.
Is their an easier alternative other than Vim? I'm looking for minimal effort in changing

Spyhop · 24 Feb 2011 at 17:27

gedit is a decent GUI editor.

But as said, if you put in the effort to learn vim or similar it would be worth it.

sniffy · 24 Feb 2011 at 17:57

whitecrook · 25 Feb 2011 at 18:25

Kate

Komodo edit

But really you want vim

aln · 25 Feb 2011 at 21:57

steve-h · 25 Feb 2011 at 22:47

tntcoder · 25 Feb 2011 at 22:51

steve-h said:
vim

vim + ctags = win

azteched · 25 Feb 2011 at 22:52

obligatory emacs

m4rkw7 · 26 Feb 2011 at 02:42

gedit?

MikeHunt79 · 26 Feb 2011 at 03:17

GeForce · 26 Feb 2011 at 08:10

Another vote for vim

MikeHiow · 27 Feb 2011 at 15:12

azteched said:
obligatory emacs

Heresy!

You'll probably love vim if you take the time to learn and understand it, however I tend to use Komodo Edit for my web dev stuff these days - it is very intelligent and "learns" all of my classes to offer function/usage tips and completions.

MrWhippy · 28 Feb 2011 at 20:37

the number of times i've typed
:q!
in word and been disappointed.

MikeHiow · 28 Feb 2011 at 21:08

You'd be losing your work a lot if it did.....

Inquisitor · 28 Feb 2011 at 21:17

MrWhippy said:
the number of times i've typed
:q!
in word and been disappointed.

I keep finding mysteriously placed w, b, j, k, /, :, and all kinds of odd characters in the text when I'm using an editor other than Vim…