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Here is a quick table summarizing text editors I talked about in this post:ĭid I miss your favorite CLI text editor? Let me know in the comment section below. VIM/Neovim, Emacs, and kakoune also work as IDE with various tweaks and plugins.


There is ed too, which is regularly advertised as the standard text editor for Unix. Many like to use a simple text editor such as nano or micro to edit files over ssh-based sessions. I prefer vim as I started with vi on Unix. $EDITOR variable – what is the difference?” for more info.
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At the time of its first release, the name “Vim” was an acronym for “Vi IMitation”, but this changed to “‘Vi IMproved” late in 1993.Įxport VISUAL= vim # for each Bash login session update ~/.bash_profile echo 'export VISUAL=vim' > ~ /.bash_profile
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Vim’s author, Bram Moolenaar, based Vim on the source code for a port of the Stevie editor to the Amiga. It is a clone, with an additional set of features to the original Bill Joy’s vi text editor for Unix. vim – The most loved and memed text editor
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Micro aims to be somewhat of a successor to the nano editor by being easy to install and use in a pinch, but micro also aims to be enjoyable to use full time, whether you work in the terminal because you prefer it (like me), or because you need to (over ssh). Micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive while also taking advantage of modern terminals’ full capabilities. micro – A simple and easy to use text editor
