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Editors are like religions, so at the risk of starting a holy war...

Vi and clones

vim

You might prefer to install vim-full as your vi-clone, which has extended features. You can have more information about vim here

gvim

You can use a ?GUI version of vim, like vim-gnome, vim-gtk, vim-lesstif.

Emacs

Emacs. Some people think it is a mutated and bloated Lisp system trying to disguise itself as a text editor. However, today it is fast enough and once some commands have been learned it is quite powerful. Furthermore, there are auto-indent and syntax highlighting options for many file formats such as programming languages or ?LaTeX, and config files such as ~/.muttrc and ~/.procmailrc. If you know Lisp, you can customize Emacs to any extent you like.

Wish list

For those who find vi cryptic and emacs ugly or confusing, there are a variety of alternatives. "jed" (or "xjed") is a full-featured emacs-like editor with colour support menus, etc.

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