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List of text editors

The following is a list of notable text editors.

Graphical and text user interface

The editors below can be used with either a graphical user interface or a text-based user interface.

Graphical user interface

Text user interface

System default

Others

vi-like

The following text editors provide functionality similar to vi. They are ordered to some extent by when initially developed and released.

Command line interface

The following entries are utilities that provide no interactive user interface, only a command-line interface. They are arguably not text editors.

Library

The following entires are packages that support editing text, not text editors per se.

ASCII and ANSI art

These editors are specifically designed for the creation of ASCII and ANSI text art.

  • ACiDDraw – designed for editing ASCII text art. Supports ANSI color (ANSI X3.64)
  • TheDraw – ANSI/ASCII text editor for DOS and PCBoard file format support

ASCII font editors

  • FIGlet – for creating ASCII art text
  • TheDraw – DOS ANSI/ASCII text editor with built-in editor and manager of ASCII fonts

Historical

Visual and full-screen editors

Line editors

See also

Notes