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List of text editors

List of text editors is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of text editors rather than just read about it. In short: 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.

Key takeaways

List of text editors belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect List of text editors to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of List of text editors from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

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 Comparison of text editors Editor war Line editor List of HTML editors List of integrated development environments List of word processors Outliner, a specialized type of word processor Source code editor

Notes

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with List of text editors

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what List of text editors claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to List of text editors before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of text editors ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of text editors

In research: List of text editors appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of text editors in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of text editors is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Lists of software, Text editors, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for List of text editors outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study List of text editors in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what List of text editors means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain List of text editors out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is List of text editors in simple terms?

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.

Why does List of text editors matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study List of text editors?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on List of text editors.