Most of us may be familiar with the standard text editors in Linux: Vi, Emacs, Kate, and Gedit, to name a few. However, many of them have somewhat of a learning curve others can only run under GNOME or KDE. So what alternatives exist? Apparently quite a few and I have to admit I’ve never heard of these programs before reading this article. But then again, I settled on vi as the text editor for me a long time ago. For those of you who may not be quite happy with the current selection or may not have found one that will run under your current window manager, this article is for you.

“A good text editor is an invaluable tool. With text editors, you can perform a variety of tasks: coding and scripting, editing system files, building Web pages, and writing documents like letters and articles. Here are three text editors that balance ease of use with robust feature sets. Eddi gives you enough to get the job done, while NEdit and EditPad offer more advanced features to keep even demanding users happy.”

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