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  1. The interface for these options is simple enough, but a far cry from how macOS would present similar preferences. For the audience, I don’t think it matters that much, but Atom’s settings are probably the best example of where Atom defines itself more as a text editor and less as a Mac app.
  2. All things considered, Kate is a reliable text editor that packs a huge amount of additional features, including support for numerous languages, syntax highlighting and a script library.

Kate (text editor) topic. The KDE Advanced Text Editor ( Kate ) is a text editor developed by the KDE free software community. It has been a part of KDE Software Compilation since version 2.2, which was first released in 2001.

The following is a list of notable text editors.

  • 3Text user interface
    • 3.2Others
  • 5ASCII and ANSI art
  • 6Historical

Graphical and text user interface[edit]

The following editors can either be used with a graphical user interface or a text user interface.

NameDescriptionFree software
Aquamacs EmacsA distribution of GNU Emacs heavily modified to behave like a Mac program.Yes
CreamA configuration of Vim.Yes
ElvisA vi/ex clone with additional commands and features.Yes
Extensible Versatile Editor (EVE)Default under OpenVMS.?
GNU Emacs/XEmacsTwo long-existing forks of the popular Emacs programmer's editor. Emacs and vi are the dominant text editors on Unix-likeoperating systems, and have inspired the editor wars.Yes
Language-Sensitive Editor (LSE)Programmer's Editor for OpenVMS implemented using TPU.Yes
TextadeptA modular, cross-platform editor written in C and Lua, using Scintilla.[1]Yes
vile (vi like Emacs)A vi work-alike which retains the vi command-set while adding new features: multiple windows and buffers, infinite undo, colorization, scriptable expansion capabilities, etc.Yes
vimA clone based on the ideas of the vi editor and designed for use both from a command line interface and in a graphical user interface.Yes

Graphical user interface[edit]

NameDescriptionLicense
AcmeA User Interface for Programmers by Rob Pike.Free software
AkelPadЕditor for plain text. It is designed to be a small and fast. Many plugins.Free software
AlphatkProprietary
ArachnophiliaFree software
AtomA modular, general-purpose editor built using HTML, CSS and JavaScript on top of Chromium and Node.js.Free software
BBEditProprietary
BBEdit LiteFreeware
BluefishA web development editor.Free software
BracketsA modular, web-oriented editor built using HTML, CSS and JavaScript on top of the Chromium Embedded Framework.Free software
CodeWrightProprietary
Crimson EditorFreeware
CudaTextWritten in Object Pascal on Lazarus (IDE), thus cross platform native GUI.Free software
CygnusEd (CED)Proprietary
E Text EditorDefault under IBMOS/2 versions 2-4[citation needed].Proprietary
EddieAn editor originally made for BeOS and later ported to Linux and macOS.Freeware
EditPlusAn editor with syntax highlighting and FTP.Proprietary
EmEditorProprietary
EpsilonProprietary
FeatherPadA lightweight editor based upon Qt .Free software
GeanyA fast and lightweight editor / IDE, uses GTK+.Free software
geditDefault under GNOME.[2]Free software
GoldED (text editor of Cubic IDE)Proprietary
GWD Text EditorProprietary
HTML KitFreeware
HxD for huge text files.Freeware
iA WriterProprietary
jEditA free cross-platform programmer's editor written in Java, GPL licensed.Free software
JOVEJonathan's Own Version of EmacsFree software
JuffEdA lightweight text editor written in Qt4.Free software
KateA basic text editor for the KDE desktop.Free software
KeditAn editor with commands and Rexx macros similar to IBM XEDIT.Proprietary
KileA user friendly TeX/LaTeX editor.Free software
Komodo EditFree software
KWriteA default editor on KDE.Free software
LapisAn experimental text editor allowing multiple simultaneous edits of text in a multiple selection from a few examples provided by the user.Free software
LeafpadDefault under LXDE.[3] and Xfce[citation needed]Free software
LEd – LaTeX EditorFreeware
LeoA text editor that features outlines with clones as its central tool of organization and navigation.Free software
Light TableA text editor and IDE with real-time, inline expression evaluation. Intended mainly for dynamic languages such as Clojure, Python and JavaScript, and for web development.Free software
mceditA text editor provided with Midnight Commander.Free software
MetapadWindows Notepad replacement, GPL licensed.Free software
MicroEMACSFree software
MousepadPreviously the default under Xfce.[4]Free software
Multi-EditProprietary
NEdit – 'Nirvana Editor'Free software
NotepadDefault under Microsoft Windows.Proprietary
Notepad2Free software
Notepad++A tabbed text editor.Free software
NoteTabProprietary
NoteTab LightFreeware
PeA text editor for BeOS.Free software
PeppermintAn editor with a CoffeeScript/JavaScript API.Proprietary
plumaThe default text editor of the MATE desktop environment for Linux.Free software
PolyEditProprietary
Programmer's File Editor (PFE)Freeware
PSPadAn editor for Microsoft Windows with various programming environments.Freeware
Q10A full screen text editor (Windows).Freeware
RJ TextEdFreeware
RTextFree software
SamFree software
SciTEFree software
SimpleTextDefault under Classic Mac OS from version 7.5.[5]Proprietary
SlickEditProprietary
SmultronA macOS text editor.Proprietary
Source InsightProprietary
SubEthaEdit (formerly called Hydra)Proprietary
Sublime TextProprietary
TeachTextDefault under Classic Mac OS versions prior to 7.5.[6]Proprietary
TED NotepadFreeware
Tex-Edit PlusProprietary
TextPad and WildeditProprietary
TeXnicCenterFree software
TeXShopTeX/LaTeX editor and previewer.Free software
TextEditDefault under macOS,[7]NeXTSTEP[citation needed], and GNUstep.[citation needed]Free software
TextMateFree software
TextWranglerMac-only editor by Bare Bones Software, sunsetted. Final version released 09/20/2016[8], replaced by free tier of [BBEdit][9].Freeware
The Hessling EditorFree software
The SemWare Editor (TSE) (formerly called QEdit).Proprietary
TopStyleProprietary
UltraEditText and source code editor with syntax highlighting, code folding, FTP etc. Handles multi-gigabyte files.Proprietary
UlyssesProprietary
VEDITProprietary
Visual Studio CodeAn extensible code editor with support for development operations like debugging, task running and version control.Free software
WinEdtProprietary
X11 XeditFree software
XEDITDefault under VM/CMS.Proprietary
YuditFree software

Text user interface[edit]

System default[edit]

CommandDescriptionLicense
Eis the text editor in PC DOS 6, PC DOS 7 and PC DOS 2000.Proprietary
edThe default line editor on Unix since the birth of Unix. Either ed or a compatible editor is available on all systems labeled as Unix (not by default on every one).Free software
EDThe default editor on CP/M, MP/M, Concurrent CP/M, CP/M-86, MP/M-86, Concurrent CP/M-86.Free software
EDITThe default on MS-DOS 5.0 and higher and is included with all 32-bit versions of Windows that do not rely on a separate copy of DOS. Up to including MS-DOS 6.22, it only supported files up to 64 KB.Proprietary
EDITThe text editor in DR DOS 6.0, Novell DOS 7, OpenDOS 7.01, DR-DOS 7.02 and higher. Supports large files for as long as swap space is available. Version 7 and higher optionally supports a pseudo-graphics user interface named NewUI.Proprietary
EDIXThe text editor in Concurrent DOS, Concurrent DOS XM, Concurrent PC DOS, Concurrent DOS 386, FlexOS 286, FlexOS 386, 4680 OS, 4690 OS, S5-DOS/MT.Proprietary
EDITORThe text editor in DR DOS 3.31 through DR DOS 5.0, and the predecessor of EDIT.Proprietary
EDLINA command-line based line editor introduced with 86-DOS, and the default on MS-DOS prior to version 5 and is also available on MS-DOS 5.0 and Windows NT.Proprietary
eeStands for Easy Editor, is part of the base system of FreeBSD, along with vi.[10]Free software
nvi(Installed as vi by default in BSD operating systems and some Linux distributions) – A free replacement for the original vi which maintains compatibility while adding some new features.Free software
viThe default for Unix systems and must be included in all POSIX compliant systems[11] – One of the earliest screen-based editors, it is based on ex.Free software

Others[edit]

CommandDescriptionLicense
ECCEECCE (The Edinburgh Compatible Context Editor) is a text editor designed by Dr Hamish Dewar at Edinburgh University.Free software
EmacsA screen-based editor with an embedded computer language, Emacs Lisp. Early versions were implemented in TECO, see below.Free software
JEDMulti-mode, multi-window editor with drop-down menus, folding, ctags support, undo, UTF-8, key-macros, autosave, etc. Multi-emulation; default is emacs. Programmable in S-Lang.Free software
JOEA modern screen-based editor with a sort of enhanced-WordStar style to the interface, but can also emulate Pico.Free software
LEFree software
mceditFull featured terminal text editor for Unix-like systems.Free software
mgSmall and light, uses GNU/Emacs keybindings. Installed by default on OpenBSD.Free software
MinEdText editor with user-friendly interface, mouse and menu control, and extensive Unicode and CJK support; for Unix/Linux and Windows/DOS.Free software
NanoA clone of Pico GPL licensed.Free software
neA minimal, modern replacement for vi.Free software
PicoFree software
SETEDITA clone of the editor of Borland's Turbo* IDEs.Free software
The SemWare Editor(TSE for DOS) (formerly called QEdit)Proprietary
ZileFree software

vi clones[edit]

busybox viA small vi clone with a minimum of commands and features.Free software
ElvisThe first vi clone and the default vi in Minix.Free software
nviA new implementation and currently the standard vi in BSD distributions.Free software
STEVIESTEVIE (ST Editor for VI Enthusiasts) for the Atari ST, the starting point for vim and xviFree software
vileDerived from an early version of Microemacs in an attempt to bring the Emacs multi-window/multi-buffer editing paradigm to vi users. First published 1991 with infinite undo, UTF-8 compatibility, multi-window/multi-buffer operation, a macro expansion language, syntax highlighting, file read and write hooks, and more.Free software
vimAn extended version of the vi editor, with many additional features designed to be helpful in editing program source code.Free software

No user interface (editor libraries/toolkits)[edit]

NameDescriptionLicense
Cocoa text systemSupports text components of macOS.Proprietary
Scintilla (editing component)Used as the core of several text editors.Free software
Text Processing Utility (TPU)Language and runtime package, developed by DEC, used to implement the Language-Sensitive Editor and Extensible Versatile Editor, Eve.Proprietary

ASCII and ANSI art[edit]

Editors that are specifically designed for the creation of ASCII and ANSI text art.

  • ACiDDraw – designed for editing ASCII text art. Supports ANSI color (ANSI X3.64)
  • JavE – ASCII editor, portable to any platform running a Java GUI
  • PabloDraw – ANSI/ASCII editor allowing multiple users to edit via TCP/IP network connections
  • TheDraw – ANSI/ASCII text editor for DOS and PCBoard file format support

ASCII font editors[edit]

  • FIGlet – for creating ASCII art text
  • TheDraw – ANSI/ASCII text editor with built-in editor and manager of ASCII fonts

Historical[edit]

Visual and full-screen editors[edit]

  • Brief – a programmer's editor for DOS and OS/2
  • Edit application – a programmer's editor for Classic Mac OS
  • EDIT – a menu-based editor introduced to supersede EDLIN in MS-DOS version 5.0 and up and available in most Microsoft Windows
  • EDT – a character-based editor used on DECPDP-11s and VAXen
  • O26 – written for the operator console of the CDC 6000 series machines in the mid-1960s
  • Red – a VAX/VMS editor, written in Forth variant STOIC
  • se – an early screen-based editor for Unix
  • SED – cross-platform editor from the 1980s, ran on TOPS-10, TOPS-20 and VMS
  • STET (the 'STructured Editing Tool') – may have been the first folding editor; its first version was written in 1977
  • TECO – one of the most advanced character-based editors, which included a programming language. While usually described as a line editor, it included screen editing capabilities at least as early as 1965.

Line editors[edit]

  • Colossal Typewriter – an early editor thought to be written for the PDP-1
  • ed:
    • Unix's early line editor
    • CP/M's line editor
  • EDLIN – a line editor delivered with MS-DOS
  • EDT (Univac) – a line editor for Unisys VS/9 and e Fujitsu BS2000 systems
  • ex – an EXtended version of Unix's ed, later evolved into the visual editor vi
  • fred – sed-like line editor used on the CDC 7600 at Los Alamos
  • GEDIT (aka George 3 EDITor) – a TECO-like editor including a programming language for the GEC 4000 series computers. GEDIT was originally written by David Toll of Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, and then adopted by GEC Computers for OS4000.
  • sed – a non-interactive programmable stream editor available in Unix
  • TECO – one of the most advanced character-based editors, which included a programming language
  • TEDIT – GEC 4000 series editor based on the Cambridge Titan EDIT

See also[edit]

  • Outliner, a specialized type of word processor

Notes[edit]

  1. ^'Textadept'. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  2. ^'Apps/Gedit - GNOME Wiki!'. projects.gnome.org. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. ^'Leafpad'Archived 2008-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^Xfce#Leafpad
  5. ^http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/0307163ASYS75UPG.pdf
  6. ^'System 2.0 (4.1/5.5) 800K Disk Contents (9/93)'. support.apple.com. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  7. ^'Mac Basics: TextEdit'. apple.com. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  8. ^Charles Moore (6 March 2017). 'So Long Textwrangler, Hello BBEdit'. macprices.net. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  9. ^'TextWrangler'. barebones.com. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  10. ^'3.10. Text Editors'. www.freebsd.org. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  11. ^'vi'. pubs.opengroup.org. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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  • How do I make Git use the editor of my choice for commits? 20 answers

I just started using git about a month ago. It was set up for me using TextMate as my default editor for commits. However, I'd like to switch the default to TextWrangler which I already have installed. I looked around online and found a line of code to type into the terminal to do this. So I opened the terminal and typed:

The error says: error: cannot run TextWrangler: No such file or directoryerror: There was a problem with the editor 'TextWrangler'.Please supply the message using either -m or -F option.

I don't know what this means or what I am doing wrong. I am sure its an obvious mistake, but can anyone explain how to fix this?

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Just answered my own question with the help of the above comments... to switch to TextWrangler as the default for Git, you must open TextWrangler, click on TextWrangler in the tool bar and select 'install command line tools' from the drop down. Then go into command line and type:

Edit is the command that is understood in the command line which means to open a textWrangler file.

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Are you on a Mac ? If you run TextWrangler from the command line (Terminal.app) does TextWrangler open?

My guess is that git is expecting you to pass it the name of an executable that is in your PATH ... I would also guess that TextWrangler is not (this is just a guess, no experience with it).

Try changing core.editor to vim and see if you still get the error.

Also - check out this thread (it may help).

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Command for changing editor in Git is (one of possibilities)

git config --global core.editor 'mate -w', there string inside quotes marks is full command-line for invoking editor from terminal

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