Linux Text Editor Trials
From Free Knowledge Base- The DUCK Project: information for everyone
Features Desired
- x.org gui interface
- No time-sync file overwrite issues on SMB network shares
- Spell Check
- Interface color schemes
- Tabbed files
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.
== legacy (older trials)
gedit
kate
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
