Hacker News with Generative AI: Text Editors

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

107 points by sebg 2 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

225 points by todsacerdoti 6 days ago | 81 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 8 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 9 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 10 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 11 days ago | 121 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 11 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 12 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 15 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 26 days ago | 19 comments

Neovim 0.11 Is Here (github.com/neovim)

New Releases, Software, Text Editors

13 points by DemiGuru 31 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 33 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 51 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 58 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 62 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 75 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 78 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_ 80 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 84 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 85 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 85 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 87 days ago | 601 comments

Trying out Zed after more than a decade of Vim/Neovim (sgoel.dev)
I'm currently drafting this blog post in Zed. After using Vim/Neovim for more than 15 years, I recently decided to try out something new. I don't know if this little experiment will work, or if I'll run back to my trusty Neovim, but hey, what I do know is that I'd like to find out.

Text Editors, Vim, Neovim, Zed

188 points by siddhant 91 days ago | 149 comments

Rhyolite: Simple text editor in Rust using Tauri, Svelte. Inspired by Obsidian (github.com/RedddFoxxyy)
A simple text editor written in Rust using Tauri and svelte for frontend, inspired by Obsidian. Discord:- https://discord.gg/K6FAd8FTma

Rust, Text Editors, Tauri, Svelte, Obsidian

17 points by thunderbong 105 days ago | 1 comments

Adding UTF-8 support to the Kilo editor using AI and human hints [video] (youtube.com)

Text Editors, AI, Programming, Video Tutorials

19 points by antirez 108 days ago | 1 comments

Emacs: Fringe Matters, Finding the Right Difference (karthinks.com)
Continuing my avocation of writing to increasingly niche audiences, today we have a matter at the intersection of several small Venn bubbles:

Emacs, Customization, User Interfaces, Text Editors

43 points by signa11 115 days ago | 2 comments

The Road to Emacs Maximalism (schonfinkel.github.io)
I’ve stumbled across a method of composing programs that excites me very much. In fact, my enthusiasm is so great that I must warn the reader to discount much of what I shall say as the ravings of a fanatic who thinks he has just seen a great light. (Knuth 1984, 1)

Programming, Software Development, Emacs, Text Editors

18 points by fluidwizard 116 days ago | 5 comments

Vim is a cast iron skillet (eamoncaddigan.net)
Vim was released as “Vim” in 1991, and is an extended version of vi, which itself has been around since 1976. Its default interface—the one I use daily—is a “text user interface” that’s launched in a terminal emulator (i.e., the “command line”2). Vim has mouse support, but it’s superfluous because everything can be accomplished through commands typed on the keyboard.

Vim, Text Editors, Command Line, Software, User Interface

12 points by ossusermivami 123 days ago | 6 comments

Sublime Text 4 Build 4189 (sublimetext.com)
Sublime Text 4, build 4189 is out now with lots of improvements and fixes.

New Releases, Software, Text Editors

9 points by robenkleene 126 days ago | 0 comments

BBEdit for Log Analysis (scottwillsey.com)
Long-time Mac users will undoubtedly have heard of BBEdit. BBEdit is the favorite Mac text editor of many old Mac users1 for various types of writing, including programming, notes, articles, and basically any type of writing Mac nerds can do.

Text Editors, Mac, Programming

7 points by DavideNL 127 days ago | 0 comments