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Leafpad is a plain text editor. Period. It doesn't have any fancy features of most other Unix/Linux editors and comes in handy when all you want to do is unhindered plain text editing. It posseses a feature that allows you to read and inter-convert from and to multiple text encodings (such as UTF-8, ISO-8559, etc.). It allows you font zoom (not formatting) for conviniently viewing text at your preferred size. The best part of using Leafpad is its speed and simplicity - its plain and fast.
Merits:
- Simple and fast (strikingly similar to Windows Notepad)
- Easy to install and use
Demerits:
- None that I could think of for a simple text editor
Learn more about Leafpad and download it from their website.
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gedit is a fully loaded text editor and gives you everything you can possibly ask from one. gedit is probably the first text editor to introduce tabbed editing - you can open multiple documents in tabs instead of many instances of the programs. Then there is syntax highlighting which supports all major programming languages. It also has spell check feature. This editor is highly configurable and is aimed towards providing a full featured text editor for the GNOME desltop environment.
Merits:
- Fantastic featureset
- Easy to install and use
- Extensibility through plugins
Demerits:
- Is a bit bloated and slow
Learn more about gedit and download it from their website.
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