I want to shake things up a bit. Give me your recommendations for a Linux text and programming editor!
Context: I use Vim everywhere. I have VSCode and it's OK but not great, and the security stance makes me *incredibly* nervous.
So, any graphical editor you'd recommend? Zed? Something else?
And any CLI editor? Why should I switch to Neovim? Should I just use Nano? Embrace hipster minimalism with ed? Life is too short for Emacs.
#editor #vim #zed #neovim #vscode
Janne Moren
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