What text editor are You using? Why?

If I'm using my Windows system and I'm not programming in any particular language then I'm likely using Notepad++.

One of my favoritts in windows are: notepad++ else NotePad2 is also a fast ok editor.

In Windows I tend to use Notepad++ for editing config files and basic scripts. However, if you want a real powerful text editor I highly recommend *Vim*. I know it's become a clich but Vim seriously is the most powerful and efficient text editor I have ever used. You can install a Vim plugin for Sublime or VSCode I believe which should make it even more powerful.

In case you've never heard of Vim before:
Vim is a simple text-editor written for the Unix terminal and focuses on efficiency and speed. It succeeds at this by using _only_ the keyboard, no mouse action is required at all (or is even really possible). It uses several hotkeys and commands that are somewhat intuitive.
For example if you wanted to delete 3 words forward from the cursor you could type:

Or if you wanted to move the cursor down 5 lines you would type:


A little disclaimer, learning Vim can take a lot of time however I think it's definitely worth the effort if not for the speed then for pure style and sense of elitism that comes with it.

The one that I use and is the best clear for me is NOTEPAD ++, because I use it because it has the ability to handle not only ordinary text but also has a library that recognizes the different types of programming language texts that for me is a very great advantage it has.

I use notepad++ a lot of features and yet simple and free

28-12-2018, 07:38 PM

biongoo Wrote: Hi Everyone,

I want to ask you what text editor are You using. Long time i had used notepad++(only windows :/) then i used atom, visual studiocode and now i am using visual studio(they are different).

A lot of them have got problem with encoding.. Notepad++ have problem with unix files, atom and visual code studio haven't automatic search of encoding(i damaged a lot of files becouse a lot of them was in ascii, however text editor was set for utf-8)

Visiual studio hasn't this problem but it's huge application and version for macOS isn't too good how for windows. Extensions which this app don't know, don't want to open :/

I love notepad++

I like windows Notepad ++ and searching on how to use it has a ton of resources . I occasionally use other platform depending on what is needed.

Notepad++ in Windows, nano in Linux (without GUI). Still dont get why vim is popular in Linux though.. most frustrating thing ever.

Notepad++ because I have the most hours behind it
Sublime 3 and Atom are alright especially with their plugins.

If you are on MacOS, you can use Sublime Text, TextEdit, or Visual Studio Code for free. However, if you want to upgrade to a premium software, Dreamweaver is a solid one.