I'm looking for a good text editor that has a simple and quick scripting capability. I work a lot with text sometimes so I'll write some one off scripts sometimes to edit big files, but other files I'll use Sublime Text to do some manipulations. The problem is that it's API is somewhat restrictive, like if I want a custom input without going in the command prompt then I lose access to the region that I selected. I also have been using Visual Studio Code, but it looks to be a big effort to actually write a small plugin needing stuff like NPM and non-trivial config files. If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them.
For context I use Linux.