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In search of a non-electron text editor that can fold | Are emacs and (neo)vim my only options? (discuss.online)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

You might have a look at LEO:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_(text_editor)

I used it extensively for some time to write big documentation. It is good.

But I'd guess that for most tasks, Emacs org-mode is the most powerful option.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Interesting. First time reading about it*. Were it not for you, this might have been completely off the radar. So thank you for mentioning it!

    But I’d guess that for most tasks, Emacs org-mode is the most powerful option.

    Yeah, it has been slowly growing on me 😜. But I would like to explore all other options before I fully commit.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    What makes LEO great for consistent larger documentation is that one can write things like footnotes or a glossary in nodes which can be linked into multiple pages - much like files with multiple hard links in a file system.

    Also, it can re-read exported generated files into a structured outline, which is managed under version control.

    Also, good support for literate programming, which is Don Knuth's perhaps greatest idea.

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