5 Linux text editor guides

Make discovering your favorite new text editor the highlight of your year!

Posted: December 28, 2020 by Ricardo Gerardi (Editorial Team, Sudoer alumni, Red Hat)

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As sysadmins, we spend a good part of our connected time using text editors. Whether it's updating config files, writing automation playbooks, or designing Kubernetes manifests, a good text editor makes your tasks easier and makes you more productive. A nice text editor also makes your job more enjoyable.

At Enable Sysadmin, 2020 was the year of Vim. Four out of the top five text editor articles showcase this flexible and efficient editor. This list contains a great selection of articles covering topics from basic Vim usage to more advanced use cases such as applying macros and deploying plugins to extend Vim's functionality. If Vim is not your thing, the other article in this list presents five IDE (Integrated Development Environment) alternatives for sysadmins that should appeal to different tastes and backgrounds.

Whether you choose a text editor or an IDE, the important thing is choosing a tool that makes you comfortable. The list of the top five text editor articles will help you with that.

Top five Vim plugins for sysadmins

My list of the top five Vim plugins—plus a bonus.

Use Vim macros to automate frequent tasks

Make your text editing easier and more efficient by using macros to automate tasks in Vim.

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5 IDEs for sysadmins

Why an IDE can provide many benefits over basic text editors, even if you're not a developer.

Vim: Basic and intermediate commands

Here are some of my most frequently used commands in the Vim text editor.

Four things you must know how to do with vim

The four things you must be able to do in Vim

A list of the four tasks that any Linux user should be able to accomplish when using the Vim text editor.

Topics: Year in review Text editors

Ricardo Gerardi

Ricardo Gerardi is Technical Community Advocate for Enable Sysadmin and Enable Architect. He was previously a senior consultant at Red Hat Canada, where he specialized in IT automation with Ansible and OpenShift. More about me

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