Difference between revisions of "Linux Text Editor Trials"
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Revision as of 14:11, 2 August 2023
Features Desired
- x.org gui interface
- No time-sync file overwrite issues on SMB network shares
- Spell Check
- Interface color schemes
- Tabbed files
Contents
Mint 20
sed
default editor, only has the awful hamburger menu.
mousepad
buggy. has tabbed interface and standard menu bar. no spell checker. sometimes won't save text files complaining of a stream error.
xed aka text editor
tabbed and standard menu bar. Annoying habit of complaining about file has changed when file resides on SMB share.
medit aka mooedit
medit is now mooedit. not in mint repository. medit-1.2.0.tar.bz2 is current for this distribution. without mint package installation wont be integrated into mint menus.
cudatext
disqualified, flathub only in software manager.
nedit
motif based. this is an odd little text editor. standard menu bar. pleasant colors. fixed width font. no spell check.
featherpad
FeatherPad is a lightweight Qt5 plain-text editor for Linux. It is independent of any desktop environment and comes with all features one would expect in a modern editor.
does spell checking, dark interface, has standard menu bar. would be great if not for constant large red time-sync file overwrite errors that appear at the bottom when saving to SMB shares. Too annoying!
legacy (older trials)
gedit
kate
The Kate text editor has served well in the past but is no longer available in the ubuntu repository.
leafpad
medit
- + better handling of saving to network share
- - lacks spell check
- - only uses the color scheme of the windows manager
- + tabbed open files
- + easy install direct from mint repository with apt
- + gtk native
xed
xfw
xfw is X File Write
