A Windows user at Computerworld tries Linux text editors, old and new. Linux buffs tend to scoff at one of the major reasons that Windows users like me haven’t switched yet: We don’t want to give up ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the most universal experiences of any Linux or Unix user is working through a guide or handbook and coming across an almost unbelievably complex line of code meant to be executed with a shell.

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.

Pick a different text editor for Linux Mint or Ubuntu Here’s how you can quickly change the default system text editor in Ubuntu or Linux Mint. 1. Open a terminal window. 2. Type in this command and ...

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!

Our exacting editor test-drives a whopping nine Linux text editors. Which ones crossed the finish line ahead of the pack? Linux buffs tend to scoff at one of the major reasons that Windows users like ...