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Ask HN: Graphical OSS code editor for Linux?

7 pointsby gimaover 11 years ago
I have tried to find a good general purpose open-source code editor for Linux, but am having difficulties finding one. Vim and Emacs are out. What graphical editors are there that you would give your vote for?<p>Features that I seek are:<p><pre><code> * Syntax highlighting, Auto-indent, In-&#x2F;deindent with tab, Tabs to spaces * Code block visualization (and folding), Variable highlighting * Changing of eol(crlf&#x2F;lf&#x2F;..) and encoding * (Column mode editing), (Multiple views) * Font selection</code></pre>

8 comments

memracomover 11 years ago
Vim does all of these. And it comes with a GUI, gvim, although the job of a text editor is so non-GUI that it seems ridiculous to describe a text editor for source code as a &quot;graphical editor&quot;. Before you dismiss Vim, have a look at Cream <a href="http://cream.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;cream.sourceforge.net&#x2F;</a> which is just Vim with a better default config. Also look at Vim as Your IDE <a href="http://haridas.in/vim-as-your-ide.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;haridas.in&#x2F;vim-as-your-ide.html</a><p>Most people who want a GUI end up with Eclipse or IntelliJ or Netbeans
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olgeniover 11 years ago
Some random ideas:<p><pre><code> http:&#x2F;&#x2F;kate-editor.org&#x2F; http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.jedit.org&#x2F; https:&#x2F;&#x2F;projects.gnome.org&#x2F;gedit&#x2F; http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scintilla.org&#x2F;SciTE.html http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.kdevelop.org&#x2F; </code></pre> Also eclipse and netbeans if you add some plugins?
conductorover 11 years ago
<p><pre><code> http:&#x2F;&#x2F;geany.org&#x2F;</code></pre>
bgarover 11 years ago
Could you tell us the reason you&#x27;re not considering neither Vim nor Emacs? Genuinely curious.
zemover 11 years ago
* komodo edit * geany * jedit * kate
davyjonesover 11 years ago
Code::Blocks
stevenspasboover 11 years ago
Eclipse.
devb0xover 11 years ago
geany