Chapter 5

Introduction to Text Editors

Learn Enough Text Editor to Be Dangerous (https://www.learnenough.com/text-editor)—Part II of Learn Enough Developer Tools to Be Dangerous—is designed to help you learn to use what is arguably the most important item in the aspiring computer magician’s bag of tricks (Box 1.1): a text editor (Figure 5.1). Learning how to use a text editor is an essential component of technical sophistication.

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Figure 5.1: A text editor.

Unlike other text editor tutorials, which are typically tied to a specific editor, Part II of Learn Enough Developer Tools to Be Dangerous is designed to introduce the entire category

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