Curious what everyone's favorite code editor is? I see that vs code is available in the repo, superb editor, it does everything, including phoning home, which is a deal breaker. I've used Geany for several years, and it's a lot better than first impressions, but I find myself using nvim more and more as there's been much hype about it in the last few years. Just shorter scripts, and I don't really have it customized at this point, but I have to admit that it's rather addicting, It's like using Pico again but it plays so nicely!

So what are you guys using?

    Vscode for me, though i use Gnome text editor as well on occasion

    vscode for the record you can turn the telemetry in vscode off. Its an option in the settings.

    Kate and nano/micro. vscode occasionally when others do not have syntax highlighting available.

    Micro for most things and JetBrains Rider for what that doesn't cover.

    I didn't even know about Micro until you guys mentioned it. I stopped using vs code a couple of years ago, I wonder if the telemetry opt-out is new or if I just missed it. One that's a handy quickie is mcedit, the Midnight Commander editor, which has syntax hi-lighting by default. Like the old Pine / Pico, it's a completely separate entity from MC so can be called by itself.

    BloodFeastMan So what are you guys using?

    It depends on the DE of the system I'm on at the time. I have no problem with the major editors that are defaults for the software stacks--Gedit on GNOME-based DEs and Kate on KDE Plasma. They're both full of features, and now that I'm retired, I don't need anything more than what they provide. (I used Visual Studio to write C# code for 20 years, and VS Code is the editor from Visual Studio. If I were still writing code, I'd probably configure that one and use it.)

    The editor that really excites me these days is Micro. It's an excellent replacement for editors like pico, nano, and mousepad that are meant for use in a terminal. I do a lot of tasks in a terminal, so I really appreciate Micro. Best of all, its keyboard shortcuts match those of the big boys like Gedit and Kate. For example, after you make a quick change in a .config file or other system text, CTRL+S saves the file, and CTRL+Q quits the editor.