Textpad replacement in Linux

[Mark Haney]

Marc wrote:
> I have tried bluefish and found it to be good for some web editing 
> stuff but not overall good for my needs.  I use gedit a lot for simple 
> stuff.  I recently heard someone speak highly of vim outliner.  
> Apparently it is something that plugs into vim and/or runs on top of 
> it.  From what I understand, if you learn it well, you can eventually 
> use it to do lots of fast editing/writing/programming, etc.  There is 
> a learning curve with it, however.  I am actually looking for 
> something like that but more multiplatform.  I want to be able to move 
> from linux to windoze and work without slowing down (much).  At least 
> with regards to the application, not the os...
>
Have you tried Kate?  I've found it to be very similar to TextPad. 

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