Re: LIghtweight editor to replace gedit?

[Max Pyziur]

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019, Alex wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 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.

I'm intrigued by your problem of gedit crashing. My use of it never does.

My only frustration is that if I shutdown and forget to save something, 
when i reboot my computer other applications (firefox, libreoffice, 
etc) are restored to their previous sessions. Gedit is one that doesn't 
get restored; all I get is a fresh blank pane. I've learned to be careful 
here.

I use Xfce, and vi/vim. Fedora w XFCE is intalled on a Dell XPS 13 L322 
and a Shuttle, both i7s.

fyi,

Max
> Thanks,
> Alex
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