Sorry if I voted twice (feeble memory 
), but I use Nedit since it's a feature rich, plain text editor. It runs on nearly every platform, has good mouse support, syntax highlighting, search and replace, runs or gets the result of CLI commands, recent document list,..
Give it a go, if you have not done so recently. 
< poop! page 2. I need more coffee. 
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I discovered something called "Kate" that came with my Suse Linux installation.
It is very close to what I am used to seeing with EditPlus (I have used EditPlus on Windows for 6 years and think it is excellent - How can you use EditPlus it on Linux, besides resorting to "wine"?) Kate supports syntax highlighting, key sequences that allow convenient navigation, copying/pasting and deletion, directory browsing and more. I am really not sure, though, what OS it comes packaged with, and whether it is Open Source (I just haven't had the time to investigate!) If anyone knows these answers, please let me know too (and don't forget the EditPlus question!)
The software will not allow you to vote twice. Try it and see. When you posted your first post, there was no nedit option. After praze also indicated a preference for nedit, I added the nedit option as I mention in a post on page 2. nedit has received two votes one from you and one from praze.
Emacs is grate
but I like VIM more
vim and sometimes mcedit
Some one said " Emacs is an operating system but unix has more features ".
I dont need an OS within an OS and I need a nice editor.
So my chice is vi
emacs is a geat text editor because you can , at the same time :
and so more...
Though I ( like most of us), give merits to emacs, I prefer vi
I use vi in UNIX and I use TextPad in Windows.
VI (the six editor) 
I use vi for shell scripts on Solaris (at work). I use xemacs for anything more involved, especially for Perl, with syntax highlighting. I've opened my emacs-edited Perl scripts under vi and been very, very afraid. It's like trying to watch a movie with no picture.
Emacs is more for the hardcore, IMHO. There's sooo much to it! But since work came to dominate my life, I don't have time to modify it any longer. If I was new to UNIX/GnuLinux, I probably wouldn't take the time to learn it.
However, vim has syntax highlighting and though I don't use it too much, it seems decent. I use vim mostly in Windows. It's great for those who are used to vi!
for me its vi...but whicever editor the user is learing first & using for some (considerable) time, then that will become their first editor......
I prefer VI. I port a lot of Visual C/C++, and other M$ files on to my linux box, and it helps me get rid of the CTRL-M an other odd characters.
Vi's also useful if you don't have access a mouse.
vi Since I use SCO Unix at work.
For simplicity, there is nothing like vi. vim does a good job highlighting stuff and is more powerful.
But I think for syntax highlighting emacs is better. But I hate to use xemacs, since I have to run into X which kills time.
Sai.
I use both vi and emacs. I use vi when I'm on a systems I don't have accounts set up on or when I need to do quick edits. Emacs has so much fuction and is so extensible that I use that for any serious development.
I like nedit alot. You can use the mouse within it and it uses commands simliar to microsoft word. I'm gonna go on the record and say vi sucks.
Which is clearly evidenced by the ~70% to ~2% preference ratio. :rolleyes:
This was a great poll. Thanks to everyone who voted and added a comment! Thanks for the excellent moderation and poll management as well!
I was new to Unix and didn't even know other editors existed when I started to use VI. Now I'm so used to it, I don't think I have the energy to learn another one!