State of Linux Editors/IDEs

[Brian Sturgill]

Text Editor Type 2025 Usage
Visual Studio Code GUI 75.9%
Notepad++ GUI 27.4%
Vim Terminal 24.3%
Neovim Terminal 14.0%
Nano Terminal 12.2%
Emacs is down to 8-9%

https://commandlinux.com/statistics/ide-and-text-editor-usage-among-linux-developers-vs-code-vim-emacs-stats/
https://batsov.com/articles/2024/02/26/emacs-dead-and-loving-it/


# Making VSCode more like emacs:
In VSCode extensions search for: @popular emacs

Two important ones to look at:

Emacs Friendly Keymap (Mostly sets up keybindings.)
Most people seem to use this one.

Awesome Emacs Keymap (Lots of stuff, plus docs talk about additional
plugins.)

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Brian
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