#text-editors — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #text-editors, aggregated by home.social.
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TechSpot: Former Microsoft dev built a 2.5KB Notepad clone with zero AI features. “[Dave] Plummer is the man who claims to have created some major Windows features, including the original Task Manager application. Now, the YouTuber and retired developer shared his latest creation: a text editor named TinyRetroPad, which is designed to mimic Notepad’s text editing functionality while staying as […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/07/techspot-former-microsoft-dev-built-a-2-5kb-notepad-clone-with-zero-ai-features/ -
TechSpot: Former Microsoft dev built a 2.5KB Notepad clone with zero AI features. “[Dave] Plummer is the man who claims to have created some major Windows features, including the original Task Manager application. Now, the YouTuber and retired developer shared his latest creation: a text editor named TinyRetroPad, which is designed to mimic Notepad’s text editing functionality while staying as […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/07/techspot-former-microsoft-dev-built-a-2-5kb-notepad-clone-with-zero-ai-features/ -
The Register: Vim text editor game teaches you keyboard shortcuts with ice cream delivery. “London-based developer and designer Marcus Michaels has created Vim Scoops, a simple HTML/CSS/JavaScript game that lives in a web browser to help users learn them. As an ice cream truck trying to make the most efficient deliveries to customers as possible, players use Vim motions to dart around the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/04/the-register-vim-text-editor-game-teaches-you-keyboard-shortcuts-with-ice-cream-delivery/ -
The Register: Vim text editor game teaches you keyboard shortcuts with ice cream delivery. “London-based developer and designer Marcus Michaels has created Vim Scoops, a simple HTML/CSS/JavaScript game that lives in a web browser to help users learn them. As an ice cream truck trying to make the most efficient deliveries to customers as possible, players use Vim motions to dart around the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/04/the-register-vim-text-editor-game-teaches-you-keyboard-shortcuts-with-ice-cream-delivery/ -
@zrzz @xvw My timeline of editors:
<1980: variety of editors on IBM mainframes and DEC mini-computers (and I guess that punching cards counts as an editor 🫣).
1980: vi on Unix v7 on a PDP-11/70 and subsequently on BSD Unix on Vax 11/780 and a few new desktop Unix workstations; what a revelation!
1984: Emacs (**finally**) on BSD Unix on a Vax 11/780; Emacs was built without IT department permission by a friend and he often gave it very strange names to avoid detection by IT (due to the "eight megabytes and constantly swapping" 😉). Wrote my first elisp custom code!
mid 1980s through to mid 1990s: Emacs and vi on Sun workstations and then on Linux (since 0.99pl12) on PCs.
1996 to mid 2000s: dabbled with variety of Java editors such as Eclipse but always came back to Emacs.
mid 2000s to now: no more dabbling, sticking to Emacs mostly with vi(m) for some tasks and both obviously on Linux.
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@zrzz @xvw My timeline of editors:
<1980: variety of editors on IBM mainframes and DEC mini-computers (and I guess that punching cards counts as an editor 🫣).
1980: vi on Unix v7 on a PDP-11/70 and subsequently on BSD Unix on Vax 11/780 and a few new desktop Unix workstations; what a revelation!
1984: Emacs (**finally**) on BSD Unix on a Vax 11/780; Emacs was built without IT department permission by a friend and he often gave it very strange names to avoid detection by IT (due to the "eight megabytes and constantly swapping" 😉). Wrote my first elisp custom code!
mid 1980s through to mid 1990s: Emacs and vi on Sun workstations and then on Linux (since 0.99pl12) on PCs.
1996 to mid 2000s: dabbled with variety of Java editors such as Eclipse but always came back to Emacs.
mid 2000s to now: no more dabbling, sticking to Emacs mostly with vi(m) for some tasks and both obviously on Linux.
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Couldn't seem to get #VimClassic to compile on #FreeBSD.
But then I realized the only thing I used it for is sncli, because it does something funny with the terminal when it hands it off to nvi, such that the cursor becomes invisible. But then, it's just a
!resetto fix it, so I might as well just stick with nvi. ;) -
Couldn't seem to get #VimClassic to compile on #FreeBSD.
But then I realized the only thing I used it for is sncli, because it does something funny with the terminal when it hands it off to nvi, such that the cursor becomes invisible. But then, it's just a
!resetto fix it, so I might as well just stick with nvi. ;) -
Vim Classic 8.3.0 debutta come fork senza AI, basato su Vim 8.2, con focus su semplicità, sicurezza e manutenzione sostenibile #VimClassic #LinuxDev #OpenSource #TextEditors #NoAI #Linux
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Vim Classic 8.3.0 debutta come fork senza AI, basato su Vim 8.2, con focus su semplicità, sicurezza e manutenzione sostenibile #VimClassic #LinuxDev #OpenSource #TextEditors #NoAI #Linux
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CW: Article: A Selfhosted Static Site Editor
Inspired by the way that Nekoweb's editor 'Nekode' works, I came up with a low-effort way to let my eldest get started with HTML and CSS editing, right from her browser, with the results selfhosted directly from the household NAS.
Read more: https://danq.me/2026/05/22/selfhosted-static-site-editor/#article #caddy #css #geocities #hosting #html #indieweb #nas #smolweb #textEditors #webDesign #webDevelopment
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A catalog of #vi and its descendants:
“The Vi Family”, Mathew (https://lpar.ath0.com/posts/2026/05/the-vi-family/).
Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48033483
On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/4wi5q4/vi_family
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A catalog of #vi and its descendants:
“The Vi Family”, Mathew (https://lpar.ath0.com/posts/2026/05/the-vi-family/).
Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48033483
On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/4wi5q4/vi_family
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please find below some interesting resources that relate to how the people's permacomputer project could adapt FORTH for its purposes.
thank you everyone for your thoughtful and constructive suggestions over the last period, as we have been considering FORTH.
it seems the scene is very active, and has lots of ideas.
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# TI-FORTH Screen Editor
"You will find here a new screen oriented editor for TI-Forth.
For people with other systems, TI-Forth is a fig-forth with some
computer specific extensions. The goal was to write a small
editor with a lot of futures, like autorepeating keys, overtype
and insert, some limited form of cut-and-paste, single-stepping
through source, execution of Forth from editor. Results are
below. Compiled code adds below 2K to system stuff".https://tuhs.superglobalmegacorp.com/Unix_Usenet/comp.sources.unix/1985-November/004781.html
# eulex
"A straightforward standalone Forth implementation for x86".
https://github.com/davazp/eulex/
https://davazp.net/2012/12/08/eulex-forth-implementation.html
# within the durexforth project
https://github.com/jkotlinski/durexforth/discussions/551
## tt
https://gist.github.com/ekipan/e592bf34c314a260112da08adcff980a
## z
https://gist.github.com/ekipan/28bb4bd609797b6d85c58af45d14ed61
# libforth
"libforth: A small Forth interpreter that can be used as a library written in c99".
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please find below some interesting resources that relate to how the people's permacomputer project could adapt FORTH for its purposes.
thank you everyone for your thoughtful and constructive suggestions over the last period, as we have been considering FORTH.
it seems the scene is very active, and has lots of ideas.
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# TI-FORTH Screen Editor
"You will find here a new screen oriented editor for TI-Forth.
For people with other systems, TI-Forth is a fig-forth with some
computer specific extensions. The goal was to write a small
editor with a lot of futures, like autorepeating keys, overtype
and insert, some limited form of cut-and-paste, single-stepping
through source, execution of Forth from editor. Results are
below. Compiled code adds below 2K to system stuff".https://tuhs.superglobalmegacorp.com/Unix_Usenet/comp.sources.unix/1985-November/004781.html
# eulex
"A straightforward standalone Forth implementation for x86".
https://github.com/davazp/eulex/
https://davazp.net/2012/12/08/eulex-forth-implementation.html
# within the durexforth project
https://github.com/jkotlinski/durexforth/discussions/551
## tt
https://gist.github.com/ekipan/e592bf34c314a260112da08adcff980a
## z
https://gist.github.com/ekipan/28bb4bd609797b6d85c58af45d14ed61
# libforth
"libforth: A small Forth interpreter that can be used as a library written in c99".
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busybee: fluffy rambles: Tech/software updates https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/17465-Tech-software-updates #WindowManagement #SublimeText #TextEditors #Technology #Software #macOS #Blog #Gram #UI
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busybee: fluffy rambles: Tech/software updates https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/17465-Tech-software-updates #WindowManagement #SublimeText #TextEditors #Technology #Software #macOS #Blog #Gram #UI
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On Windows and Linux / BSDs desktops+WINE I use TextPad (sort, diff, grep functions); customisable syntax highlighting included with 3rd party contributions. Not an IDE, but its been my GUI text editor of choice since 1996.
On *nix boxes, I like classic
vi(1)(Bostic'snvi) (not vim) anded(1); the shell is your IDE. There are now at least 2vimclassic hard forks that have ripped the AI slop if you still want vim. See also here -
On Windows and Linux / BSDs desktops+WINE I use TextPad (sort, diff, grep functions); customisable syntax highlighting included with 3rd party contributions. Not an IDE, but its been my GUI text editor of choice since 1996.
On *nix boxes, I like classic
vi(1)(Bostic'snvi) (not vim) anded(1); the shell is your IDE. There are now at least 2vimclassic hard forks that have ripped the AI slop if you still want vim. See also here -
I'm rebuilding #zedless from the ground up. Editing the source code directly made it impossible to keep up with upstream due to the hundreds of merge conflicts I would encounter with every update. Now I'm switching to AST editing with #astgrep and #treesitter.
The patch code is available at https://github.com/zedless-editor/zedless-patches. In its current state, it can build Zed v0.225.10 with reduced telemetry, no auto updates, and some of the proprietary AI integrations removed.
The plan is to get rid of all telemetry and nuisances such as upsell popups, as well as all online functionality that is specifically tied to a particular provider, leaving you with an editor that stays out of your way and doesn't rely on any services you couldn't host yourself.
#texteditors #zed #spyware #antifeatures #foss -
I'm rebuilding #zedless from the ground up. Editing the source code directly made it impossible to keep up with upstream due to the hundreds of merge conflicts I would encounter with every update. Now I'm switching to AST editing with #astgrep and #treesitter.
The patch code is available at https://github.com/zedless-editor/zedless-patches. In its current state, it can build Zed v0.225.10 with reduced telemetry, no auto updates, and some of the proprietary AI integrations removed.
The plan is to get rid of all telemetry and nuisances such as upsell popups, as well as all online functionality that is specifically tied to a particular provider, leaving you with an editor that stays out of your way and doesn't rely on any services you couldn't host yourself.
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I was always curious about the Xi editor, sad that it never really took off. Just learned about Lapce, described as a “spiritual successor” to Xi
https://github.com/lapce/lapce
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I was always curious about the Xi editor, sad that it never really took off. Just learned about Lapce, described as a “spiritual successor” to Xi
https://github.com/lapce/lapce
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Easier Than Nano! Fresh is a Fresh New Rust-based Terminal Editor
“Fresh is a new Rust-based terminal text editor that takes a different approach. It uses standard keybindings like Ctrl+S for saving, Ctrl+F for searching, and Ctrl+Z for undoing. It works like a GUI editor but runs in your terminal.”
Newer versi ...continues
See https://gadgeteer.co.za/easier-than-nano-fresh-is-a-fresh-new-rust-based-terminal-editor/
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Easier Than Nano! Fresh is a Fresh New Rust-based Terminal Editor
“Fresh is a new Rust-based terminal text editor that takes a different approach. It uses standard keybindings like Ctrl+S for saving, Ctrl+F for searching, and Ctrl+Z for undoing. It works like a GUI editor but runs in your terminal.”
Newer versi ...continues
See https://gadgeteer.co.za/easier-than-nano-fresh-is-a-fresh-new-rust-based-terminal-editor/
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Easier Than Nano! Fresh is a Fresh New Rust-based Terminal Editor
https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-419f00f1-3be55311613f0c13
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Easier Than Nano! Fresh is a Fresh New Rust-based Terminal Editor
https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-419f00f1-3be55311613f0c13
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“How I’m Using Helix Editor”, Artem Golubin (https://rushter.com/blog/helix-editor/).
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“How I’m Using Helix Editor”, Artem Golubin (https://rushter.com/blog/helix-editor/).
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#Kakoune and #Helix are intriguing modal editor alternatives for #Vim:
“Notes On Switching To Helix From Vim”, Julia Evans (https://jvns.ca/blog/2025/10/10/notes-on-switching-to-helix-from-vim/).
On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45539609
On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/rahklm/notes_on_switching_helix_from_vim
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#Kakoune and #Helix are intriguing modal editor alternatives for #Vim:
“Notes On Switching To Helix From Vim”, Julia Evans (https://jvns.ca/blog/2025/10/10/notes-on-switching-to-helix-from-vim/).
On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45539609
On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/rahklm/notes_on_switching_helix_from_vim
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🎻 Ah, the age-old tale of ditching #Vim for #Helix because configuring is hard. 🎻 Witness the bold adventurer, who bravely attempts to #escape the clutches of Vimscript, only to write a #novella about replacing one terminal text editor with another. 🤦♂️
https://jvns.ca/blog/2025/10/10/notes-on-switching-to-helix-from-vim/ #TextEditors #Configuration #HackerNews #ngated -
🎻 Ah, the age-old tale of ditching #Vim for #Helix because configuring is hard. 🎻 Witness the bold adventurer, who bravely attempts to #escape the clutches of Vimscript, only to write a #novella about replacing one terminal text editor with another. 🤦♂️
https://jvns.ca/blog/2025/10/10/notes-on-switching-to-helix-from-vim/ #TextEditors #Configuration #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh look! 🚨 Another #manifesto proclaiming #Emacs as the sacred path to #enlightenment, as if we needed another treatise on turning text editors into Frankenstein's monster. 🧟♂️ Apparently, the true "paradigm shift" is using an entire OS to write your grocery list. 📝✨
https://edoput.it/2025/04/16/emacs-paradigm-shift.html #TextEditors #OSUse #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh look! 🚨 Another #manifesto proclaiming #Emacs as the sacred path to #enlightenment, as if we needed another treatise on turning text editors into Frankenstein's monster. 🧟♂️ Apparently, the true "paradigm shift" is using an entire OS to write your grocery list. 📝✨
https://edoput.it/2025/04/16/emacs-paradigm-shift.html #TextEditors #OSUse #HackerNews #ngated -
A 4,000-word manifesto on why #Emacs is the ultimate #hipster tool? 🙄 Spoiler: it's because you'll finally understand "extensibility" and "introspectability", which are just fancy words for "I've spent too much time customizing this editor." 🥴 So if you're into bragging about your text editor's #extensibility like it's a rare bottle of wine, this one's for you. 🍷🤓
https://blog.tjll.net/a-beginners-guide-to-extending-emacs/ #Tool #Customization #TextEditors #HackerNews #ngated -
A 4,000-word manifesto on why #Emacs is the ultimate #hipster tool? 🙄 Spoiler: it's because you'll finally understand "extensibility" and "introspectability", which are just fancy words for "I've spent too much time customizing this editor." 🥴 So if you're into bragging about your text editor's #extensibility like it's a rare bottle of wine, this one's for you. 🍷🤓
https://blog.tjll.net/a-beginners-guide-to-extending-emacs/ #Tool #Customization #TextEditors #HackerNews #ngated -
New #blog post: Why I love vim
https://rldane.space/why-i-love-vim.html
497 words
cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn
(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)
#rlDaneWriting #blost #writing #TheAnswerToTheUltimateQuestionOfLifeTheUniverseAndEverything #vi #vim #nvi #nvim #NeoVim #elVIs #TextEditors #LossyPNG
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New #blog post: Why I love vim
https://rldane.space/why-i-love-vim.html
497 words
cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn
(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)
#rlDaneWriting #blost #writing #TheAnswerToTheUltimateQuestionOfLifeTheUniverseAndEverything #vi #vim #nvi #nvim #NeoVim #elVIs #TextEditors #LossyPNG
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Zed editor added Helix keybindings in their latest release. :CoolGarfield:
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Zed editor added Helix keybindings in their latest release. :CoolGarfield:
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Seems like M$ is determined to ruin VSCode with all that copilot crap. I've moved to Codium on my work machine today. I wouldn't be surprised if 2025 turned out to be the year I finally quit GUI editors for good and moved to NeoVim.
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In addition to open sourcing WSL at 2025 Build, Microsoft open sources GitHub Copilot and… <checks notes> a command-line text editor that isn’t emacs, vi, vim, Neovim, ed, edlin, nano, pico, e3, JOE, micro, Kakoune, mcedit, mle, Yi, Tilde, sublimious, ne, slap, multitextor, Mg, vis, or any other terminal editor from the last 50 years.
Sounds like somebody vibe-coded themselves a new application!
