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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.

Turn your vim editor into a productivity powerhouse

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

Girish Managoli 03 Sep 2018 21 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 39 votes 1 comment

3 Emacs modes for taking notes

No matter what line of work you're in, it's inevitable you have to take a few notes. Often, more...

Scott Nesbitt 18 Jul 2018 46 votes

Try this vi setup to keep and organize your notes

Vimwiki and GitLab make a powerful combination for your notes.

Manuel Dewald 19 Jun 2018 51 votes 3 comments

Emacs, Vim, or something else?

In this poll we ask: What's your favorite open source text editor?

Opensource.com (Red Hat) 14 Jun 2018 47 votes 39 comments

How to create shortcuts in vi

These shortcuts for common editing tasks make using the vi text editor easier and more efficient.

Dan Sonnenschein 31 May 2018 37 votes

5 Emacs modes for writers

Not all writers work within the confines of a word processor. More than a few of us tap out words...

Scott Nesbitt 14 May 2018 63 votes 1 comment

Getting started with the Notepadqq Linux text editor

Learn about Notepadqq, a Linux text editor that mimics Notepad++.

Scott Nesbitt 13 Dec 2017 109 votes 5 comments

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