Programmers' editor

[Wilson__]

Any advises for programmers' editor. 

Notepad++ v8.6.5 is fine to find function definition inside a folder (says HAL of STM32).  Any others editor people may be using? 

Many thanks

[Picuino]

Notepad++ is the one I usually use.
Eclipse.
Visual Studio Code.

[kripton2035]

Geany

[ataradov]

Sublime. With minimal setup it does what I need it to do and does not get in a way.

[Karel]

Kate

https://kate-editor.org/

[eutectique]

1. gvim + ctags
2. CLion

[rcjoy]

Real programmers use Emacs.   

https://xkcd.com/378/

[brucehoult]

emacs, of course. Why would a programmer use an editor that isn't largely made using program code you can inspect and modify? And add your own customizations to that have the same status as the build in things?

I also like to use an editor that runs on tiny SBCs, not only a big honking workstation, and that works via ssh just the same as in a local GUI window.

Though TextMate, Sublime Text, and VSCode do meet many people's needs and look more "modern" and flashy.

[eutectique]

For the record, vim has commands earlier and later to travel in time through your file's state. Say earlier 35m and get to where you were before that glass of Westmalle Tripel. Say later 8h and you are done for the day.

[ataradov]

But you can't figure out how to quit vim, so you just continue to work even after you are done for the day.

[MarkF]

At work, I used:

1) Visual Studio Prof. on Windows machines

2) nedit on Linux machines
   - it allows you to create your own custom keyword color coding for non-programming languages

Since retiring, I use Visual Studio, MPLAB X, and the Arduino IDE.
I'm too heavily invested in Windows to use Linux. 
I stopped at Windows 10 (Win 7 is my daily driver).  So, Linux may be in my future.

[moffy]

Emacs users be like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urcL86UpqZc&pp=ygULZW1hY3MgdXNlcnM%3D

and Vim users be like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n1dtmzqnCU&pp=ygURdmltIHVzZXJzIGJlIGxpa2U%3D

P.S. I generally use Notepad++, plenty of plugins.

[tggzzz]

But you can't figure out how to quit vim, so you just continue to work even after you are done for the day.

Coffee hits keyboard

[brucehoult]

Emacs users be like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urcL86UpqZc&pp=ygULZW1hY3MgdXNlcnM%3D

and Vim users be like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n1dtmzqnCU&pp=ygURdmltIHVzZXJzIGJlIGxpa2U%3D

P.S. I generally use Notepad++, plenty of plugins.

Very funny, but too long lol

[SiliconWizard]

Geany

+1 for Geany, with the Project Organizer plugin, which makes setting up "workspaces" a breeze. Very useful addition IMO.

I also use Kate occasionally, it's pretty good but I personally find it has annoying "quirks" (which are decisions of the authors) which I don't like for heavy work.

Note that for those who still use Windows, Geany bulds on Windows no problem using MSYS2 - there are probably read-made binaries too, although I would suspect these would be a bit out of date.

[djacobow]

The lack of response from the OP suggests this might have been nerd-bait.

I used to like learning trying new editors and tools, and these days I generally have too much work to do.

I'm sticking with vim/neovim and some favorite plugins. I learned vi almost 35years ago; the core muscle memory is like breathing now.

[David Hess]

I really liked Codewright but it was discontinued after Borland acquired it.

Now I use Notepad++.  In the past I used WordStar.

[Kosmic]

I have been using Visual Studio Community Edition at home for multiple years now. Working great for me.

I definitly prefer the full-blown visual studio to VSCode.

[T3sl4co1l]

Code::Blocks.  References can be explored whether in the project or not (library paths / includes are checked), making that straightforward. 

Tim

[Smokey]

For desktop side , I was a notepad++ guy for a while, but vs code is pretty good once you get used to it.  One stop shop for a lot of stuff.

If we are talking embedded, then it's mostly vendor tools. 

[RAPo]

I use the jetbrains suite both on windows and Linux. Additionally I use Visual studio,Arduino and Platform IO. For large files ultraedit is my goto editor.

[Wilson__]

Thanks.  I hit thanks on every message.  Need time to try out many advises, ranging from 'mentioning of Wordstar' (may be along MS-DOS and Lotus 123) and many in between.

[David Hess]

... ranging from 'mentioning of Wordstar' ...

The advantage of Wordstar is in its interface, which is faster than using keyboard plus mouse, or keyboard plus dedicated arrow and function keys.  This can be duplicated in some other editors.  I think VI can do it?

[xvr]

Real programmers use Emacs.   

Many editors have high entry threshold, but only VIM has high exit threshold.

[Wilson__]

Wordstar (Lotus 123 and 10M Ethernet card of full length IBM PC card, kind of 30 or 40 square inches. Also 300  to 2400 BPS modem) did serve many productive office-users on single digit MHz CPU (some say, that changed course of history of mankind), Apple II, Z80 and the later IBM PC 8088 CPU at 4.7MHz and 64kB RAM