Text editors are a curious product. On one hand, they are simple, no-nonsense digital pads for taking notes, without any embellishments or visual styling. On the other, they are powerful code and data toolboxes, allowing for a great deal of flexibility and innovation. Indeed, software developers, Web developers and entrepreneuring nerds worldwide often use text editors for a range of useful tasks and activities. Never have so many owed so much to so few. To that end, we want to introduce you to several powerful text editors in the Snap Store.
Emacs
Emacs is the grandfather of visual text editors. Born in 1976, this editor has seen, witnessed and possibly even helped the birth of the World Wide Web, survived Web 2.0, and still marches on, being continuously developed and improved. Emacs is highly extensible, with more than 10,000 built-in commands, tons of extensions, support for macros, and infinite customization. It has also spawned countless clones (excluding Star Wars), and is…