
Periodically, there's a review of text editors for a particular platform.
Linuxlinks' latest post is pretty thorough though, covering 21 different Linux/Unix text editors. "
In many users' eyes, a text editor should be lean and mean, fast to start up and shut down, without fancy splash screens or a graphical user interface. The choice of editor has long stirred up strong emotions. [...] To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 21 high quality Linux text editors. There's a mix of graphical and console based applications included.
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2005-06-29
I wonder why Joe isn't in this list? It's installed by default in Slackware, which is where I know it from. It's basic, sure, but it's not much different from nano. I used to use it so much that I'd find myself hitting ^KX (save and close) in other editors simply out of habit.