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.
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.
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