Text editors in Linux or Unix

             

                  A traditional UNIX system text editor, should be on any UNIX system. It requires learning a few key combinations, but is very powerful, and it is also quite small.
                 The powerful and most used text editors are,

1.Vim or vi Editor ( Text user interface )

vim - vi improved. A newer version of the vulnerable vi editor. Many systems use vim rather than vi .

• Home Page: http://www.vim.org/
• Latest Stable Version: Vim 7.2
• Written in: C and Vim script
• Operating System: Cross-platform (Unix, Linux and Windows)
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gEdit ( Graphical user interface )

    gedit is the default text editor for the GNOME desktop environment.  This is a UTF-8 compatible text editor.

• Home Page: http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/
• Latest Stable Release: 2.26.2
• Written in: C, Python
• Operating System: Cross-platform
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 Nano or pico ( Text user interface )

 

• Home Page: http://www.nano-editor.org/

• Latest Stable Release: 2.0.9

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