How to choose a text editor?

Question

I've heard about wars between Emacs and Vim users. There are also editors like Atom, Sublime Text and so on.
But I'm currently using Notepad++ and have no problem. Should I try other editors or I can code in npp for the rest of my life?

Answer 1

Text-editors are basically just "text-editors". So use whatever you're comfortable with. Don't pay attention to the wars between two editors' users. People can argue for any reason (and for no reason at all).
I'm using npp for long time, and also have sublime text. Both are good for me. Code is the thing you should focus on, not the text-editor.

Answer 2

All graphical text editors are the same. You wouldn't notice Mousepad/gEdit/Leafpad on *nix vs Notepad on Windows.

So, a text editor by any other name would still be just that: what it is damned meant to be.

Of course outside the graphical world it's a whole new story:
GNU nano is my fave because it has just enough features to edit but not enough to make it a keystroke nightmare or steep learning curve. I believe in the credo, "Do one thing and do it well!" I'm not a hardcore vi(m) user, I'm a pragmatist and nano is my goto (intentional spelling).

At the end of the day: It's a text editor we're talking about, not an IDE or word-processor. It's not meant to be feature-rich, it's meant to work.

Answer 3

You can try visual studio code. Its pretty cool.