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MaggieL · 05-26-2006, 09:19 PM

Well, jEdit is Java-based, runs on Linux or Windows as long as GUI is available. (and Java, of course). It has a *lot* of fairly cool plugins if you're doing develoment work, understands bazillions of formats and syntaxes, integrates well with Ant and Beanshell. Since it's menu driven and has an extensive help system, I think it's easy to learn.

vi is available preinstalled on most Linux distros, and is fairly ubiquitous on Unix too. The one good thing about it is it will run in a character-based session like ssh or telnet, so it's used a lot to maintain server configuration files.

I use vi when I have to, and jEdit when I don't. Both are free and open-source.

05-26-2006, 09:19 PM	#18
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Well, jEdit is Java-based, runs on Linux or Windows as long as GUI is available. (and Java, of course). It has a lot of fairly cool plugins if you're doing develoment work, understands bazillions of formats and syntaxes, integrates well with Ant and Beanshell. Since it's menu driven and has an extensive help system, I think it's easy to learn. vi is available preinstalled on most Linux distros, and is fairly ubiquitous on Unix too. The one good thing about it is it will run in a character-based session like ssh or telnet, so it's used a lot to maintain server configuration files. I use vi when I have to, and jEdit when I don't. Both are free and open-source. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."