Text editors

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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4 open source editors I use for my writing

In celebration of the National Council of Teachers of English NCTE National Day on Writing 2022, I thought I'd share a few of my favorite open source writing tools.

5 trends in open source documentation

Document your source code with Doxygen on Linux

This widely used open source tool can generate documentation from your comments.

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4 Vim features to use to improve productivity

Vim has so many tricks up its sleeve that even people who have used it for years can still learn new things.

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Edit text on Linux with KWrite and Kate

Two Linux KDE text editors. One powerful KTextEditor.

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How I configure Vim as my default editor on Linux

Vim is my favorite editor. These changes to my system make Vim available as the default in programs that use a different editor by default.

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Why Mark Text is my favorite markdown editor

Mark Text has tools that make it easy to write markdown while at the same time providing a simple interface that just gets out of my way.

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