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    Linux and text editor choices

    I know this is probably a strange question to ask, especially considering that any text editor is viable, but I'm wondering what is the choice for text editor of most programmers running on a linux machine.

    I'm currently using Fedora8, and I'm new to linux/fedora8. I've been using 'gedit', which comes with the install. I've seen people using editors that run out of the terminal window, and they write/edit their code inside the terminal window.

    I'm wondering what everyone else is using, and what I should probably be using too (I'm currently trying to learn C). Ok thanks guys.

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    emacs (or xemacs) have a bit of a learning curve, but can do most of what all other editors can do.

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    emacs or one of its X derivatives, and vim or one of its X derivatives, are generally the most popular text editors.

    Eclipse is also gaining in popularity.

    Then there's KDevelop and Anjuta, there's the DE text editors gedit, kwrite and kate, there's a multitude of Scintilla-based editors like SciTE, etc.

    My own favourite is jEdit.
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    ...or you could use a good and powerful editor. http://www.bostic.com/vi/ or http://www.vim.org I prefer nvi, even lighter and not as fancy as vim. It lacks syntax hilight, though.

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    This has been answered elsewhere.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    or you can use kdevelop with good user interface

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    VIM is not a bad text editor that runs in the terminal. Personally I use gedit with a few plugins like an embedded terminal and fullscreen mode; plus a colour picker for for making syntax highlighting scheemes that I made.

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    VIM user here. Couldn't say its the best but it works for me (needs a bit of getting used to though).

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    I'm a big fan of KATE. There was no learning curve for me. Just preference though.

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    My first choice is vi. Else, if I feel like having a gui, I use Anjuta. It's not just an editor, but it works fine and is fast. KDevelop is way to bulky imho.

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