a good text editor for linux...

[ChemMan]

...one that has auto-formatting features like the built in text editor in MS visual C++ 6.0. Emacs is not cutting it for me anymore.
I've got mandrake 8.1 if that helps (or matters).

Thanks

 

[Cyph3r]

Hehe..Emacs is the BEST editor you can come by for the *nix environment, it's configurability is infinite, you can essentially have it do any sort of formatting you wish. Just poke around for different MAJOR modes for it and you'll get what you want..

Alternatively, describe in detail what formatting it is you want to do and perhaps other Emacs users will be able to better direct you..Regards

 

[Armitage]

Sigh ... what's the joke ... emacs is a great os, but a lousy editor
Kidding ... anyway, I find emacs a bit to much also.
Have a look at nedit. Much lighter, more intuitive. Has auto indent, context highlighting, etc.

 

[ugh]

What about vim? It has auto indent (syntax on) and syntax highligthing....

 

[Mitzi]

<< What about vim? It has auto indent (syntax on) and syntax highligthing.... >>



Yeah, another vote for Vim

 

[CSoup]

do you have the autoformatting scripts installed for emacs?

 

[ChemMan]

I must admit I'm new to emacs and linux in general. I haven't had much of a chance to look at the configuration and what I can do with it. What I really want is auto-indent features, I hate having to constantly hit the tab key. As for nedit and vim, I'm almost sure I saw them on my distro setup, so I'll install them and giv'em a try.

 

[ugh]

<< I must admit I'm new to emacs and linux in general. I haven't had much of a chance to look at the configuration and what I can do with it. What I really want is auto-indent features, I hate having to constantly hit the tab key. As for nedit and vim, I'm almost sure I saw them on my distro setup, so I'll install them and giv'em a try. >>



Not sure about nedit, but vim should be installed by default in yer Linux distro, unless you specifically chose not to install it.

 

[thornc]

<< Have a look at nedit. Much lighter, more intuitive. Has auto indent, context highlighting, etc. >>



Another vote for Nedit...

I use it alot and I think it is the best you can use in X!

 

[vash]

Why not try KWord or Abiword? A full featured editor, such as those, would have more features for formatting, etc. For plain text, on the cli, I use pico or nano (depends on distro).

vash

 

[Armitage]

<< Why not try KWord or Abiword? A full featured editor, such as those, would have more features for formatting, etc. For plain text, on the cli, I use pico or nano (depends on distro).

vash >>



It seems that he's looking for a code editor, not a general text editor.
At the very least you'd have to turn off the spell-checking & autocorrect

 

[ChemMan]

Yep, I'm looking for a text editor to strictly edit code. A full blown word processor would be a little too much I think. I tried nedit on a sun workstation today, it was pretty nice. Now I'll install the package from nedit's website and see how it works under linux. I hope linux's version has syntax highlighting. Those sun workstations can be so bland-looking with their 8 bit color depth.

 

[Pakaderm]

VI dude! What more do you need?!?!

Ok, well, I've used VIM and GVIM. Both are great because you get the editor commands of VI, plus the mouse support.

Real coders don't use the mouse, it just slows you down!!

-Pakaderm

 

[thornc]

<< I hope linux's version has syntax highlighting. >>



Yes it has, for several languages and it's possible to download extra configurations for others, I did that for Matlab...

 

[Armitage]

<< I hope linux's version has syntax highlighting. Those sun workstations can be so bland-looking with their 8 bit color depth. >>



Might not be the color depth. Older versions of nedit didn't do syntax highlighting. It might just need an upgrade.