Text Editor Issues

Discussions focus on bugs, missing features like proper undo, cursor handling, multiline support, and layout shifts in text editors, with users recommending alternatives such as Vim, Sublime, or BBEdit.

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abrezas Mar 12, 2014 View on HN

what do you think is missing in text editing?

metalliqaz Apr 27, 2020 View on HN

Wouldn't that be the text editor's fault?

dagenleg Jan 23, 2017 View on HN

Well if your text editor is not powerful enough, maybe it's a problem.

fmakunbound Jun 28, 2020 View on HN

That is a bizarre measure for a text editor.

distantsounds Aug 14, 2021 View on HN

when your text editor has a better bug reporting feature than its text editing feature, maybe it's time you move onto something else

on_and_off Nov 21, 2019 View on HN

it works for me too and I have been using this editor for a while. I don't remember seeing this kind of bug at all :/ .

pekk Mar 12, 2014 View on HN

It's an awkward UI idiom and other facilities in text editors can fulfill all the same use cases.

eviks Jan 22, 2025 View on HN

When you can't even undo properly (while you're used to this in other apps), does this annoyance not distract you from whatever you're doing in the text editor?

jefurii Dec 18, 2015 View on HN

You're just bitter because your text editor can't do this. ;)

raudette Mar 29, 2024 View on HN

Is anyone aware of an editor in Linux that has this behaviour?