Levee is a screen oriented editor based on the Unix editor “vi”. It provides a terse, powerful way to enter and edit text.
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Vy – Vim-like in Python made from scratch
Vy is a Vim-like program written from scratch.Vy is a modal editor with a very modular architecture. vy is built on top of Tkinter.
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amp – complete text editor for your terminal
Amp is a modal text editor for your terminal. Keystrokes perform different functions based on the current mode.
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gVim – Vim with a built-in GUI
gVim is Vim with a graphical interface. Vim is a text editor that is upwards compatible to Vi.
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Vis – Combining Modal Editing with Structural Regular Expressions
Vis is a modern, legacy-free, simple yet efficient editor, combining the strengths of both vi(m) and sam. Free and open source software.
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NvChad – Neovim config
NvChad is a neovim config aiming to provide a base configuration with very beautiful UI and blazing fast startup time.
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vile – text editor that combines aspects of the Emacs and vi editors
vile is an open source text editor which retains the feel of vi(m). It is not a clone of vi. vile is free and open source software.
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Kakoune – implements Vi’s “keystrokes as a text editing language” model
Kakoune is an open source code editor that implements Vi’s “keystrokes as a text editing language” model. It has similarities with Vim.
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LunarVim – IDE layer for Neovim
LunarVim is an IDE layer for Neovim. LunarVim ships with a sane default config for you to build upon. Free and open source software.
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Lapce – fast and powerful code editor
Lapce is a modern editor in Rust. It’s billed as “Quick from launch to every keystroke, and batteries included”.
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Helix – post-modern modal text editor
Helix is a Kakoune / Neovim inspired editor. This is free and open source software written in the Rust programming language.
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Neovim – continuation and extension of Vim
Neovim is a Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability. Neovim is an extension of Vim: feature-parity and backwards-compatibility are high priorities.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: vi
This article spotlights alternative tools to vi, a screen-oriented text editor originally created for the Unix operating system.
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13 Best Free and Open Source Linux Markdown Editors
Markdown is a plain text formatting syntax created by John Gruber in 2004. We feature our recommended open source Markdown editors.
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12 Best Free Vim-Like Text Editors
Text editors remain a controversial area. Here are our recommended Vim-like text editors. They are all released under an open source license.
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KeenWrite – Java-based desktop text editor
KeenWrite is a Java-based desktop text editor with live preview, string interpolation, and formulas.
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Mark Text – simple and elegant open source Markdown editor
Mark Text is billed as a simple and elegant open-source markdown editor that focuses on speed and usability.
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8 Lesser Known Yet Awesome Text Editors
Irrespective of the operating system used, the text editor is one of those quintessential applications for many users. A text editor is software used for editing plain text files. Text editors are used to write programming code, change configuration files, take notes, and more. For this feature, we wanted to select alternative text editors which are definitely worth trying but may have been missed given that they receive less coverage in Linux publications, and are not included or installed by default in many Linux distributions.
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Atom 1.24 released – Hackable Text Editor
GitHub’s Atom is billed as a hackable text editor for the 21st Century. It’s an open source desktop application based on web technologies, specifically HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and Node.js integration. It runs on Electron, a framework for building cross platform apps using web technologies.
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Joey Bernard gives a brief overview for Emacs for Science. He describes Emacs as a “slightly stranger tool in the arsenal of scientific computation”.
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