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While Vim and Emacs are the heavyweights, they're not the only game in text editor town. Learn tips for making the most of those text editing applications, as well as some of the other options worth considering.

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Getting started with Vim: The basics

Learn to use Vim enough to get by at work or for a new project.

Bryant Son (Red Hat, Community Moderator) 25 Mar 2019 44 votes 6 comments

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Getting started with the Geany text editor

Geany is a light and swift text editor with IDE features.

James Mawson 06 Mar 2019 46 votes 14 comments

Getting started with Vim visual mode

Visual mode makes it easier to highlight and manipulate text in Vim.

Susan Lauber 06 Feb 2019 64 votes 2 comments

5 useful Vim plugins for developers

Expand Vim's capabilities and improve your workflow with these five plugins for writing code.

Ricardo Gerardi (Red Hat) 10 Jan 2019 66 votes 3 comments

Taking notes with Standard Notes

Keep track of your notes with this simple, open source alternative to Evernote.

Scott Nesbitt (Community Moderator) 12 Dec 2018 70 votes 2 comments

4 open source Markdown editors

If you're looking for an easy way to format Markdown text, these editors may fit your needs.

Scott Nesbitt (Community Moderator) 29 Nov 2018 125 votes 12 comments

Turn your vim editor into a productivity powerhouse

These 20+ useful commands will enhance your experience using the vim editor.

Girish Managoli 03 Sep 2018 91 votes 5 comments

Publishing Markdown to HTML with MDwiki

Create basic websites from Markdown files with this useful open source tool.

Peter Cheer 31 Aug 2018 154 votes 1 comment

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