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?

  • MarxineEnglish
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    1 year 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.

    • MarcellusDrumOPEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      I can’t manage to make Kate look half descent on Mint (Cinnamon). It does look great on Plasma

      • linuxisfun@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        That’s actually an issue with most Debian-/Ubuntu-based distributions, as Debian/Ubuntu still does not package QGnomePlatform. This is preinstalled on Fedora and makes Qt apps, like Kate, look nice on GNOME.

        If I remember correctly, Flatpak apps from Flathub are unaffected by this Debian/Ubuntu issue, as Flathub includes QGnomePlatform in their runtimes.

      • MarxineEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Ouch, I can imagine how it feels. I’ve always been a KDE user, but I’ve tried other DEs before Since I used lots of KDE stuff (Krita, Kate, KdenLive) I stuck with it.

    • Mot@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

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

      • MarxineEnglish
        2·
        1 year 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.