Re: LIghtweight editor to replace gedit?

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Hi,

Alex wrote:
> I have a fedora29 workstation and frequently need a lightweight editor
> to make notes, act as an interim cut buffer, and just briefly edit
> documents before posting them somewhere else.
> 
> The problem is that gedit crashes, or my desktop crashes, losing all
> the notes. Sometimes I have ten or so documents of differing degrees
> going at once, and when it crashes (like it just did again), I lose
> everything.
> 
> I need something with some kind of temporary autosave capability, like
> vim, but graphical.
> 
> I'm aware of the dozens of console editors (I use vim virtually
> everywhere), but need something small like gedit, without the bulk and
> complexity of libreoffice.

Is gvim suitable (in the vim-X11 package)?

If you use vim most everywhere, having a gvim window open
would seem like a most handy solution.  It's not only "like
vim, but graphical," it *is* vim, but graphical. :)

-- 
Todd

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