Best Text Editor

Yes! My fellow nerds united and voted vi/vim the best text editor. My challenge to you is to explain vim to a high-school student who grew up with Microsoft Word. That's a tough crowd. Still, as my personal go-to for all text editing, it's nice to see vim get the love.

  • vi/vim 38%

  • gedit 16.4%

  • Kate 14.3%

  • Emacs 9.6%

  • Nano 8.2%

  • Other 7.3%*

  • Geany 5.3%

  • joe .9%

*Popular write-in: Sublime Text.

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