What is your text editor of choice?

Well, seems like everyone has the traditional Linux editors covered. So, I'll toss in TextMate as my favorite editor period and yes, it's still Linux (somewhere, way down there, I promise...)

I like to use nano. Its very user friendly editor.

I keep returning to the built-in editor of mc (Midnight commander) when working on the console. Vi or emacs have never impressed me. Vi because it's jusk plain awkward and Emacs because it's way too complex. When in a GUI-environment, i use Krusader as replacement for mc, and krusader's internal text-editor for textfiles. Or Kwrite. Or Kate. Or... I'm not religious. If the editor provides reasonable facilities, i'll use it. I like having syntax highlighting, text 'folding' and tabbed windows.

Nano or mcedit for the console, Leafpad for the GUI, Geany for coding, and Bluefish for HTML.

vim, vim , vim again. I am a sys admin and i feel it has enough to meet my requirements. if u r looking for some heavy coding then i would suggest a IDE. text editor are just editors, so it is not right to compare IDE with text editor. I would suggest eclipse for IDE works. Vim for everything else.

I love (g)vim. It has all I ever need and much more. I use it as an IDE and as a simple text-editor.

I like Nano (pico) as it is useful for any of the purpose from Unix.

vi or vim is my choice

I'm a big fan of emacs, since I do a lot of coding in different languages and environments. What I appreciate most, is the fact that I only need one instance of emacs for everything.

I currently work in a small development team where everyone is using a different text editor. After having defined coding guidelines and editor styles (whitespaces, tabs, ...), we had no problems whatsoever.

In my opinion, there is no such thing as a "best text editor". As Ron already mentioned, use what works best for you. Furthermore, try them all! :)

I generally run gedit for a GUI-drive text editor. If I need to edit something in the via the CLUI because I'm fixing a system or the particular file calls for it, I use vi. I never really understood or got into the whole vi/vim vs. emacs ware. (Same as with the GNU/Linux vs. Linux debate). I simply never understood why. Just use what works best for you, but be open to change, that's all.