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There are many text editors for unix based operating systems. There are some common forms that different text editors use. Emacs, vi, pico, ...

Contents 1 console editors 1.1 pico style 1.2 vi style 1.3 emacs(gui and console) 2 Graphical editors(gui) 2.1 other editors 3 Non-editing text viewers 3.1 See Also

console editorsEdit

pico styleEdit

pico style editor are small, easy to use and have been around for ever. Almost every unix based system has one.

• pico
• nano: a clone of pico, but enhanced and free(as in freedom)

vi styleEdit

vi text editors are designed for minimalism, but to remain very powerful. They are hard to learn because there are no menus, all operations are done with keystrokes or commands. The first time you use vim, you will most likely not be able to do anything and if you type like normal, it will seem like its gone crazy. Once you get used to vim's interface, you can quickly edit files and preform many complex tasks. vi is capable of doing anything you would expect of an advanced editor. vi is recommended for people who like to do everything command line.

• vi
• vim: vi improved,
• gvim: gui vim: see graphical editors

emacs(gui and console)Edit

Emacs is a very powerful editor, and is easy to use. It is menu based and unlike vi, is designed to be Big. It can be your email client, web browser, IRC client, and almost anything else. The editor allone is very powerful and can do anything you would expect and more.

• emacs
• xemacs
• qemacs
• jasspa-microemacs

Graphical editors(gui)Edit

• nedit: lightweight gui editor
• gedit: Gnome editor, very simple
• emacs: Very popular editor
• xemacs
• gvim: gui vim, is easier to use because it has menus if you don't know the keystrokes or commands

other editorsEdit

There are a lot

• ee
• adie
• geresh
• le
• scite
• amyedit
• leafpad
• screem
• beaver
• gmanedit
• leo
• shed
• bluefish
• gnotepad
• levee
• teco
• bvi
• gobby
• ted
• conglomerate
• gphpedit
• lpe
• vile
• cooledit
• cssed
• mlview
• cute
• mp
• wily
• dav
• hteditor
• xedit
• e3
• ne
• easyedit
• jed
• XML-XSH
• jedit
• ng
• xvile
• elvis
• jext
• nvi
• xwpe
• joe
• nvu
• xxe
• jove
• peacock
• zile
• enscribe
• katoob
• zoinks
• fte
• kile
• qe
• kxmleditor

HEX editors

• hexedit
• ghex
• lfhex
• hexcurse

Non-editing text viewersEdit

See: Howto display the contents of a file in unix

See AlsoEdit

• Howto display the contents of a file in unix
• Guide_into_free_3d_editors