Emacs. I do everything within emacs.
Ask HN: What code editor do you use?
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Re: Ask HN: What code editor do you use?
#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
I accidentally used Vim the other day. I noticed Vim now has Emacs keybindings -- C-n goes to the next line, C-p goes to the previous line, etc. For a second, I thought that C-x C-s was going to save my file and I was going to be able to exit with C-x C-c. Nope. I had to make the journey over to the ESC key. So close...
I think you're supposed to map Caps to be an ESC key in vim, just like most people who use emacs map it to be an extra Ctrl.
I have jj mapped to Esc in insert mode. If you type it quickly, the two j characters vanish and you escape out of insert mode. If you type them slowly, or preface them with ^v, you get two j characters in your text. I rarely need two j's in my text, of course, so it's a good escape key sequence, but pick whatever you want. I chose jj because it keeps me on home row.
Re: Ask HN: What code editor do you use?
#123Whatever is already installed. I also use the default email tool. And file explorer. ANd web browser. Because, see, I have a life and it doesn't include redecorating every room I enter to suit my peccadillos. And yes I write code every day, all day, on 3 different platforms at the moment.
Re: Ask HN: What code editor do you use?
#124Coda, but I am just a designer/front-end guy, so I don't count
The Coda editor is actually just a version of SubEthaEdit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coda_(web_development_software)... http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/index.html
I have to admit I use Coda too as a developer. I have tried other text editors but have found Coda to have a really nice UI.
Re: Ask HN: What code editor do you use?
#125I use http://www.e-texteditor.com/ on Windows. It's a clone of Textmate, supporting its bundles and all that; works very, very well.
big fan of e text editor. I have been desperately trying to compile the new source code releases for ubuntu but not too successful. (Not to familiar with linux programming/building).
It works on wine though.
Re: Ask HN: What code editor do you use?
#126emacs (including xemacs), Visual Studio if I'm doing C#, vi now and then.
Re: Ask HN: What code editor do you use?
#127UltraEdit for me! Works great for large files and all my day-to-day editing.
http://www.ultraedit.com/products/ultraedit.html
If you work with large files a lot, you may want to check this out:
http://www.ultraedit.com/support/tutorials_power_tips/ultrae...
I also LOVE the scripting. I've written a lot of custom scripts to automate repetitive tasks.
The only downside, it's not free like many of the other editors listed here; however, it is well worth the money.
Re: Ask HN: What code editor do you use?
#128I always hesitate to post on these types of questions: everyone seems to be Java, Ruby, Python, etc and I feel like the Microsoft stack outcast! Visual Studio 2010 at home and 2008 at work. We're primarily .NET so the two just kind of go hand in hand. I'm also spoiled by intellisense. I also use Eclipse at work since we've been doing a lot with GWT on the client side (thought still using .NET on the backend). Finally…
If you like Eclipse and miss some of its features in Visual Studio I can really recommend Studio Tools: http://submain.com/products/studiotools.aspx I used to run Resharper when I used Visual Studio 2005, but with 2008 there's much less need for it.
Excellent, thanks for the suggestion. I'm not a terribly efficient coder in that I rarely use keyboard commands, snippets, templates or anything like that. I do try to use GhostDoc and CodeExpress when I can, but I often forget they're installed or the key strokes to do anything useful with them since I've yet to form that habit. Still, when I do use them they're incredibly handy and Studio Tools looks like it will just as much so. The code metrics alone has me wanting to install it. :)
Re: Ask HN: What code editor do you use?
#129Hmmm. The editors that other people use is basically as un-interesting as someone's religion or politics. I'll not bore you with my views on politics or spirituality, only editing text:
Any Lisp: Gambit-C Scheme, Clojure, Common Lisp: Emacs with either Slime or custom support. (I also like the IntelliJ support for Clojure.)
Ruby: mostly TextMate or GEdit, sometimes RubyMine.
Java, Scala: IntelliJ. Nothing else even comes close.
Latex: TeXShop on the mac, GEdit on Linux
Re: Ask HN: What code editor do you use?
#130I do most of my coding at work (rails, python, ruby, js, html, css), where we have ubuntu machines - I LOVE gedit and simply can't do without it. It has a powerful plugins system, and there's a good repo at github.com/lexrupy/gmate that contains some of the best. There's a port for it on a mac, but I tend to stick to TextMate when on OSX (my home computer). Some of my can't-do-without features are: delete line, dupli…
If you like gedit you should give geany a try.