Ask HN: How do you like your programming editor?

Is there an advantage to having it run in a browser? Desktop-style web apps always feel out of place compared to native apps. I prefer apps that fade into the background when I'm using them so I can focus on what I'm doing, and if an app feels non-native it tends to be more distracting than useful. It's like adding one more layer of complexity.

I would prefer the editor that runs locally because

1) I can code offline. I must admit, that i have to regularly unplug my Ethernet cable to avoid being to distracted. An online editor would encourage just tabbing into a site with distractions

2) I can code offline. If I don't have an internet connection for some reason I can still work. This is especially important for people with instable connections.

3) I doubt an online editor will be as customizable as emacs

4) I can run it as root, if necessary. I wouldn't dare to run my browser as root.

5) I see no advantage concerning the use of one editor on many platforms. If I copy my .emacs to any other (Linux) box I have the same functionality everywhere.

I much prefer an editor that runs from a terminal. I already notice speed issues (very occasionally) with vim in a terminal, I'd hate to have the lag that comes from running that in JS/on top of a browser. I don't think anything running in a gui would be usable either (because of speed). Terminal or bust.

Coding offline is also somewhat important for me.

I'd love an editor that used Chrome's tab strip. I can't stand how tabs work in most IDEs, and Chrome has done it exactly right.

I would definitely not migrate to any editor that runs in the browser -- unless my entire environment were in the browser -- which FSM willing, will never happen.

What you have to understand about my editor (emacs), is that it sucks.

There, I said it. Emacs sucks.

But emacs sucks less than everything else -- in part because it sits about as close to the bare metal as possible. And also because of emacs lisp, which I hate. And love...

I always use vim and my setup won't allow non-cli editor.

I will typically open multiple ssh sessions to a remote machine and edit/test the code there from the different sessions.

As the saying goes, "I do it in production" ;)

I like the tried and true, Geany. Geany is self-contained and does not require internet.

Give me a browser-based editor that runs in a console and I'll use that.