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submitted 11 months ago by MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

While I understand the lack of proper open source alternatives for some software like AutoCAD and After Effects, it always felt weird that the best IDEs/Text Editors are made by big corporations, because you know, these are the tools programmers use.

I tried vim/neovim, which I enjoy using, but I've come to prefer visual editors instead of text based. Kate looks promising, and I'm willing to contribute to it in my free time, but it just has that "amateurish" feel to it that I can't explain.

Anyone aware of other alternatives?

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[-] Marxine@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

I alternate between VCCodium and Kate, both are fine to me, but Kate feels snappier since I'm on KDE. It's also less of a resource drain.

[-] Mot@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

I frequently use Kate as a backup as well. Do you configure it in anyway?

[-] Marxine@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

I like to remove the top menu and have the icons to the sidebar. Other than that, I activate a few plugins and keep it pretty vanilla. Most of the default configs are fine to me, and the command bar helps a lot.

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