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What text editor should I use? ⌨️

Youssef-mic on August 14, 2022

A man is as good as his tools — Emmert Wolf So I am gonna help you choose which text editor to use because there are so many companies selling ...
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Varshith V Hegde •

I think VSCode is best as it has growing and active community which builds extensions that can make programming more easy.

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Richard Guay •

My favorite is NeoVim with the LunarVim configuration. For a graphical editor, I prefer OniVim 2. It run many of the VC plugins as well.

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Does OniVim 2 now support native multi cursor?

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Richard Guay •

Not completely. But, it is MIT licensed now. It’s open source and the original author hasn’t had time to work on it since he had to get a job instead of working on NeoVim 2 all the time. So, it has gone stale but is still very usable.

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Jon Randy 🎖️ •

Regarding SublimeText...

because it doesn’t have the tooling and stuff it’s just simple.

What do you mean by that?

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Youssef-mic •

I mean that it’s not as good as visual studio code in my opinion because it's the community is far smaller

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Jon Randy 🎖️ •

That's not related to the portion I highlighted

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Youssef-mic •

It has a simpler and beginner friendly interface

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Youssef-mic •

First time I feel that I helped somebody

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Ethan •

My personal favorite is Vim.
You can make it as simple or as complicated as you want. xD

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Youssef-mic •

Just you have to learn how to exit😂🤣

 
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Youssef-mic •

Look, I’d like to burn back...
But I’m not supposed to burn trash
😳😂

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Auracle • • Edited

If something is trending, it's often because it's the current best.
VScode, simple.

You can always complex your life and use something else

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Youssef-mic •

Right, but it is possible to consider some alternative

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Jujist •

Geany.
Simple, lightweight, very powerful, offering a lot of options and customizations,
great for PHP and other www technologies.