Ask HN: Can you recommend me a fast, light text editor for Windows?

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  • sublime_text

    Issue tracker for Sublime Text

    Sublime Text (https://www.sublimetext.com/) is fantastic. Startup time is instant. It'll do syntax highlighting out of the box. And with a few extensions (optional) it'll do almost everything that VS Code does (sublime-lsp is key for IDE-like functionality).

    Bonus: it works cross platform (windows/mac/linux).

  • lite-xl

    A lightweight text editor written in Lua

    saw https://github.com/lite-xl/lite-xl a few days ago posted.

    Seems pretty fast, and has some plugins that might also add additional functionality. seems great for the occasional file edit without the vscode startup times.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  • packer.nvim

    A use-package inspired plugin manager for Neovim. Uses native packages, supports Luarocks dependencies, written in Lua, allows for expressive config

    I use neovim. The plugin system has really grown.

    * I use Packer for plug-in managment: https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim

  • mason.nvim

    Portable package manager for Neovim that runs everywhere Neovim runs. Easily install and manage LSP servers, DAP servers, linters, and formatters.

  • nvim-treesitter

    Nvim Treesitter configurations and abstraction layer

    * I use nvim-treesitter for better highlighting: https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter

  • helix

    A post-modern modal text editor.

  • GNU Emacs

    Mirror of GNU Emacs

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • Visual Studio Code

    Visual Studio Code

  • Geany

    A fast and lightweight IDE

  • Atom

    Discontinued :atom: The hackable text editor

  • textadept

    Textadept is a fast, minimalist, and remarkably extensible cross-platform text editor for programmers.

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