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A text editor is an application that is used to write and edit plain text. It cannot be used for formatted text, for example text that contains varying fonts or font styles. For that you need a word processor.
The following list categorizes editors by their ability to provide a comfortable gui and also by their ability to process unicode.
Specific applications
| Application | CLI or GUI | Unicode support |
|---|---|---|
| ed | cli | ? |
| ex | cli | ? |
| emacs | both | yes |
| joe | cli | ? |
| yudit | gui | yes |
| Minimum Profit | cli | ? |
| nano | cli | ? |
| pico | cli | ? |
| vi and its derivatives | cli | ? |
| bluefish | gui | ? |
| jEdit | gui | ? |
| kate | gui | ? |
| kwrite | gui | ? |
| Gedit | gui | ? |
| gvim | gui | ? |
| NEdit | gui | ? |