Can Linux text editors stand up to comparisons with beloved Windows apps? Computerworld's online managing editor dives into the fray and finds a handful of programs decent enough to convince users ...

The advantage of using a plain text editor for your writing is that you can focus on your piece instead of formatting. With plain text, you don't need to figure out italics or boldface.

Espresso is a gorgeous Mac-only code editor that’s powerful and smooth, like the caffeinated beverage it’s named after. This ...

The VI text editor is the most used and popular Linux text editor. You can get it in almost any Linux distribution. There are two modes, Insert and Command. Command mode is used to take the user ...

Sublime Text is a proprietary, cross-platform text editor designed for people who spend huge amounts of time shuffling code around. A programmer's editor, Sublime Text is a third option to the ...

Linux users have more text editors, IDEs, and command-line tools than a programmer can shake a stick at. If you're looking for a good programming text editor, we recommend Kate.

Learn the basics for using Emacs and vi text editors for your e-mail, Web design and programming needs in Linux.

Most Linux users know vim as a text editor that descended from vi. It can also function as a tool for encrypting text files. In this post, we examine how this is done and how to reverse the process.

I’m experimenting with desktop Linux (SuSE), and am looking for a robust text/html editor to stand in for the NoteTab Pro I use on Windows. I’m seeking: ...

A Windows user at Computerworld tries Linux text editors, old and new. Linux buffs tend to scoff at one of the major reasons that Windows users like me haven’t switched yet: We don’t want to ...