Hacker News with Generative AI: Text Editors

Vim vs. Kakoune Puzzles (strongly-typed-thoughts.net)
I have come across Esoteric Vim lately, an article that shows how to perform various advanced text manipulation in Vim. It dates from February 2025, so it’s a recent article about modern Vim. This article shows exactly why I think Vim is outdated, and why I think Kakoune — and by extension, since it’s based on it, Helix as well — has a much better text edition design.
Text Editors, Vim, Kakoune, Programming
11 points by todsacerdoti 2 days ago | 2 comments
Microsoft's New Text Editor Is a Vim and Nano Alternative (howtogeek.com)
Text Editors, Microsoft, Vim, Nano, Software
7 points by kaycebasques 3 days ago | 1 comments
Visual Studio Code: Text Buffer Reimplementation (2018) (visualstudio.com)
The Visual Studio Code 1.21 release includes a brand new text buffer implementation which is much more performant, both in terms of speed and memory usage.
Software, Programming, Performance, Text Editors
4 points by stefankuehnel 3 days ago | 0 comments
Kilo: A text editor in less than 1000 LOC with syntax highlight and search (github.com/antirez)
Kilo is a small text editor in less than 1K lines of code (counted with cloc).
Text Editors, Programming, Open Source, GitHub
221 points by klaussilveira 4 days ago | 80 comments
Microsoft Edit – a simple terminal text editor (written in Rust) (github.com/microsoft)
A simple editor for simple needs.
Text Editors, Rust, Microsoft, Open Source, Terminal
14 points by TiredOfLife 4 days ago | 2 comments
Edit is now open source (microsoft.com)
Edit is a new command-line text editor in Windows.
Open Source, Text Editors, Microsoft, Command Line
268 points by ingve 4 days ago | 183 comments
TwoFold (2f), CLI text expander/template engine (github.com/ShinyTrinkets)
Tools, Text Editors, Software, Programming
17 points by croqaz 12 days ago | 1 comments
Kate and Python Language Server (akselmo.dev)
As much as I love Kate editor, as I mentioned in my previous post, setting up Python language server has always been a bit fiddly if you want it to work with virtual environments.
Python, Text Editors, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Virtual Environments
79 points by todsacerdoti 21 days ago | 12 comments
Vim Language, Motions, and Modes Explained (2023) (ssp.sh)
Throughout my time as a developer, I’ve used VS Code, Sublime, Notepad++, TextMate, and others. But shortcuts like cmd(+shift)+end and jumping with option+arrow-keys from word to word needed to be faster at some point.
Programming, Text Editors, Vim
108 points by sebg 29 days ago | 100 comments
How I use Kate editor (akselmo.dev)
I love the Kate Text editor. I use it for pretty much all the programming projects I do. Kate has been around for long time now, about 20 years! At least earliest blog post for it I could find was written in 2004.
Text Editors, Programming, Software
228 points by todsacerdoti 33 days ago | 85 comments
Technicality (greenend.org.uk)
Technicality is my own personal scalable font, which I use in all my terminal windows and text editors on Linux.
Fonts, Linux, Terminal, Text Editors, Personal Projects
12 points by theunamedguy 36 days ago | 0 comments
Ed Is the Standard Text Editor (wiki.c2.com)
This site uses features not available in older browsers.
Text Editors, Software, Programming
12 points by blobcode 37 days ago | 1 comments
Use GNU Emacs: The Plain Text Computing Environment (lib.uchicago.edu)
Using Emacs is kind of like making a piece of art. You start with a big block and you slowly chip away, bringing it closer and closer to what you want. — Mary Rose Cook
GNU Emacs, Text Editors, Programming, Open Source, Software
12 points by eadmund 38 days ago | 0 comments
Understanding the Origins and the Evolution of Vi and Vim (pikuma.com)
The history of both Vi & Vim goes hand in hand with the history of open-source software itself. This article is a trip back to the origins of UNIX text editors. Let's look at the important players and historical events that shaped their evolution.
History, Open Source, Programming, Text Editors, UNIX
284 points by amosjyng 38 days ago | 122 comments
Show HN: Tiptap UI Components – Free React Components for Building Editor UIs (github.com/ueberdosis)
Tiptap UI Components is a library of modular, MIT-licensed React components, templates, and primitives that help you build rich text editor UIs faster, on top of the headless Tiptap framework.
React, Open Source, UI Components, Text Editors, Web Development
20 points by philipisik 38 days ago | 6 comments
Show HN: Rich text editor as a service – my free side project (texteditors.dev)
Software, Web Development, Side Projects, Text Editors
13 points by pyromaker 39 days ago | 1 comments
Vim is more useful in the age of LLMs (ja3k.com)
Intuitively one might think that vim is less useful in the age of LLMs. The logical chain, which I used to believe, is this:
Text Editors, Programming, Productivity
32 points by edward 42 days ago | 3 comments
Automating Interactive Fiction Logic Generation with LLMs in Emacs (tendollaradventure.com)
I automated the creation of transaction tracking logic for an Emacs-based interactive fiction book using an LLM (via gptel).
Interactive Fiction, Artificial Intelligence, Programming, Text Editors
100 points by dskhatri 53 days ago | 19 comments
Neovim 0.11 Is Here (github.com/neovim)
New Releases, Software, Text Editors
13 points by DemiGuru 58 days ago | 2 comments
TUI editor and Vim/Neovim alternative (github.com/tauraamui)
A VIM-Like editor for your terminal (chat on Discord)
Terminal Editors, Text Editors, Vim, Neovim
58 points by znano 60 days ago | 60 comments
Bcvi – run vi over a 'back-channel' (2010) (sourceforge.net)
If you use SSH, you might find bcvi useful. This article attempts to describe what it is and why you might use it. Let's start with what it is:
SSH, Text Editors, Linux, Command Line
75 points by leonry 78 days ago | 26 comments
The Rake and its Prongs (2024) (christiantietze.de)
When you type in a text editor, you always type out of some range.
Text Editors, Programming, User Interfaces
11 points by cenazoic 85 days ago | 2 comments
Emacs 30.1 Released (lists.gnu.org)
Version 30.1 of Emacs, the extensible text editor, should now be available from your nearest GNU mirror:
New Releases, Software, Text Editors
44 points by todsacerdoti 89 days ago | 5 comments
Show HN: Infinite horizontal arrays of text editors (zeminary.com)
Show HN, Text Editors, Software, User Interfaces
75 points by tsydenzhap 103 days ago | 44 comments
We rewrote The NYT text editing library. Then we OSSd it. Then rewrote it again (smoores.dev)
For almost five years, I worked on the New York Times’ rich text editor, Oak.
Open Source, Software Development, Text Editors, JavaScript
22 points by antics 105 days ago | 8 comments
Ask HN: How do you prompt the "advanced" models (ycombinator.com)
I use the Windsurf IDE, which comes with integrated LLM chat and edit functionality. Ever since I switched to it two months ago and for the three months before that I was using Cursor (similar editor), I have always had better results with Claude.
AI, Programming Tools, Text Editors
18 points by _jogicodes_ 108 days ago | 12 comments
I miss Vim (leblancfg.com)
I've been using neovim for almost two years now and I'm gonna go out come out and say it. I miss vanilla vim.
Text Editors, Vim, Neovim
34 points by thunderbong 111 days ago | 53 comments
What are the dark corners of Vim your mom never told you about? (stackoverflow.com)
There are a plethora of questions where people talk about common tricks, notably "Vim+ctags tips and tricks".
Vim, Programming, Text Editors
7 points by sebg 112 days ago | 1 comments
I Miss Vim (leblancfg.com)
I've been using neovim for almost two years now and I'm gonna go out come out and say it. I miss vanilla vim.
Text Editors, Vim, Neovim
7 points by ingve 112 days ago | 4 comments
I still like Sublime Text (ohdoylerules.com)
I still get people asking me why I use Sublime Text in 2025 given there are soooo many other great editors out there.
Text Editors, Software, Personal Preference, Nostalgia
1184 points by james2doyle 114 days ago | 601 comments