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===Cross-platform=== {{sticky header}}{{sort under}} {| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header sort-under" style="max-width: 30em;" |+ Text editor support for various operating systems |-valign=bottom ! nowrap {{rh}} | ! [[Microsoft Windows]] ! [[macOS]] ! [[Linux]] ! [[BSD]] ! [[Unix]] ! [[OpenVMS]] |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Acme (text editor)|Acme]] | {{Partial}}<br />{{efn|name=plan9windows|No native support, available as a part of the [[Inferno (operating system)|Inferno]] port for Windows or by using `plan9port` over the [[Windows Subsystem for Linux|WSL]].}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | AkelPad | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Alphatk]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Atom (text editor)|Atom]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Arachnophilia]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[BBEdit]] | {{na}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | Bluefish | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Brackets (text editor)|Brackets]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Coda (web development software)|Coda]] | {{na}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[ConTEXT]] | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Crimson Editor]] | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | CudaText | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[ed (text editor)|ed]] | {{Partial}}<br />{{efn|name=cygwin}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Editra]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[EmEditor]] | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[epsilon (text editor)|epsilon]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}}<br /><ref name="epsilon13">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lugaru.com/newv13.html|title=New Features in Epsilon 13|website=www.lugaru.com}}</ref> | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Geany]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[gedit]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}}<br />{{efn|name=gedit_mac|[http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/ GEdit], when installed from MacPorts, runs in X11 and, therefore, does not have a native look and feel. However, precompiled native macOS binaries for GEdit may be downloaded from the GEdit project page, or from the [http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/mac/gedit/ GEdit FTP download server].}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Emacs#GNU Emacs|GNU Emacs]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[JED (text editor)|JED]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[jEdit]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Joe's Own Editor|JOE]] | {{ya}}{{dubious|Joe's own editor (sic)|date=August 2017}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[JOVE]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Kate (text editor)|Kate]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[XEDIT|KEDIT]] | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Komodo Edit]] | <!-- Win -->{{ya}} | <!-- Mac -->{{ya}} | <!-- Linux -->{{ya}} | <!-- BSD -->{{ya}} | <!-- Unix -->{{dunno}} | <!-- OpenVMS -->{{dunno}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Komodo IDE]] | <!-- Win -->{{ya}} | <!-- Mac -->{{ya}} | <!-- Linux -->{{ya}} | <!-- BSD -->{{ya}} | <!-- Unix -->{{dunno}} | <!-- OpenVMS -->{{dunno}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[KWrite]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[LE (text editor)|LE]] | {{Partial}}<br />{{efn|name=cygwin}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Light Table (software)|Light Table]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Metapad]] | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[mg (text editor)|mg]] | {{na}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{dunno}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[mined (text editor)|MinEd]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[GNU nano]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Ne (text editor)|ne]] | {{Partial}}<br />{{efn|name="cygwin"|Requires Cygwin or the [[Windows Subsystem for Linux]] to run on Windows.}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[NEdit]] | {{Partial}}<br />{{efn|name=cygwin}} | {{ya}}<br />{{efn|name=geditOSX|''gedit'', ''NEdit'', and ''SciTE'' run in the [[X11]] window environment, and therefore do not use the native Aqua look-and-feel when running on macOS.}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Microsoft Notepad|Notepad]] | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Notepad++]] | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[nvi]] | {{na}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Pico (text editor)|Pico]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[PSPad]] | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[RJ TextEd]] | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Sam (text editor)|Sam]] | {{Partial}}<br />{{efn|name=plan9windows}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[SciTE]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}}<br />{{efn|name=geditOSX}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[SlickEdit]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Smultron]] | {{na}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[SubEthaEdit]] | {{na}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Sublime Text]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[TED Notepad]] | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Textadept]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[TextEdit]] | {{na}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[TextMate]] | {{na}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[TextPad]] | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[TextWrangler]] | {{na}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[The SemWare Editor]] | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[UltraEdit]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Ulysses (text editor)]] | {{na}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Vi (text editor)|vi]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Vim (text editor)|Vim]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Visual Studio Code]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} | {{na}} | {{na}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[XEmacs]] | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} |- ! nowrap {{rh}} | [[NEdit|XNEdit]] | {{Partial}}<br />{{efn|name=cygwin}}{{efn|name=nsis|Stand alone [[Nullsoft Scriptable Install System|NSIS]] installable package is available}} | {{ya}}<br />{{efn|name=geditOSX|''gedit'', ''NEdit'', and ''SciTE'' run in the [[X11]] window environment, and therefore do not use the native Aqua look-and-feel when running on macOS.}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{ya}} | {{na}} |}
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