Exploring Other Text Editors
Dozens of text editors are available for use with Linux. Here are a few that might be in your Linux
distribution, which you can try out if you find vi to be too taxing.
Text Editor Description
nano A popular, streamlined text editor that is used with many bootable Linuxes and
other limited-space Linux environments. For example, nano is often available to
edit text files during a Linux install process.
gedit The GNOME text editor that runs in the GUI.
jed This screen-oriented editor was made for programmers. Using colors, jed can
highlight code you create so you can easily read the code and spot syntax errors.
Use the Alt key to select menus to manipulate your text.
joe The joe editor is similar to many PC text editors. Use control and arrow keys to
move around. Press Ctrl+C to exit with no save or Ctrl+X to save and exit.
kate A nice-looking editor that comes in the kdebase package. It has lots of bells and
whistles, such as highlighting for different types of programming languages and
controls for managing word wrap.
kedit A GUI-based text editor that comes with the KDE desktop.
mcedit With mcedit, function keys help you get around and save, copy, move, and
delete text. Like jed and joe, mcedit is screen-oriented.
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