Category: Text Editor
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Kiro: Amazon-Backed Agentic IDE Launches in Public Preview
Kiro, an AI-powered Integrated Development Environment (IDE) developed by a team at Amazon, is now available for public preview on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Built on the open-source foundation of VS Code, Kiro integrates AI agents into the development process, functioning as a pair programmer that can generate production-ready code and handle routine tasks. Unlike…
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Microsoft’s New CLI Text Editor: A Perfect Fit for Ubuntu Users
Microsoft has introduced a new command-line text editor called Edit, which might intrigue Linux users who often work in terminal environments. This open-source tool is a modern reinterpretation of the MS-DOS Editor and is crafted in Rust to provide an experience reminiscent of Visual Studio Code, especially in terms of interface and keybindings. Originally aimed…
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Void: The Open-Source Challenger Aiming to Replace Cursor
VS Code stands in the realm of text editors as Chromium does in the world of web browsers: a source of numerous variants. A variety of specialized versions have been developed, each adding a unique twist to the immensely popular original from Microsoft. A recent addition to this array is Void. The GitHub page for…
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New Features in Vim 9.1 Text Editor: Smooth Scroll Support, :defer Command and More
Vim, the open-source and highly configurable text editor, has been updated to version 9.1, a release that mainly fixes numerous bugs but also introduces a few new features and improvements. Vim 9.1 comes one and a half years after the major Vim 9.0 release and implements a handful of new features like smooth scroll support,…
