editor_commands.md

Text editors supported by Suprenam

Caution

By default, get_editor_command.py uses this file to retrieve the first command that is installed on your operating system. Should you modify it or want an additional/modified line to be parsed, follow the format:

| Application name | platforms | `command` |

Most of the following commands come from the Pro Git Book (Scott Chacon and Ben Straub). Some are currently untested and/or unknown. Any help to fix them or fill in the blanks is welcome: submit a pull request with an updated version of this file.

Text editors and IDEs (ordered by decreasing popularity)

Editor	Platform	Command
Visual Studio Code	macOS, Linux, Windows	code --wait
Visual Studio	Windows
IntelliJ	macOS, Linux, Windows	idea --wait
Notepad++	Windows	'C:\Program Files\Notepad\notepad.exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin
Vim	macOS	/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/bin/mvim -g --nofork
Vim	Linux	vim --nofork
Gvim	Windows	'C:\Program Files\Vim\vim72\gvim.exe' --nofork '%*'
Android Studio
Sublime Text	macOS, Linux	subl --new-window --wait
Sublime Text	Windows	'C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3\sublime_text.exe' -w
PyCharm	macOS	open -a PyCharm.app --wait
PyCharm CE	macOS	open -a "PyCharm CE.app" --wait
Eclipse
Xcode
Atom	macOS, Linux, Windows	atom --wait
IPython/Jupyter
Webstorm
PHPStorm
NetBeans
Emacs	macOS, Linux	emacs
Neovim	macOS, Linux, Windows	nvim
Rider
RStudio
RubyMine
TextMate	macOS	mate -w

Niche text editors (by alphabetic order)

Editor	Platform	Command
BBEdit	macOS	bbedit --wait
Gedit	Linux	gedit --wait --new-window
Kate	Linux	kate
Leadpad	Linux	leadpad
Mousepad	Linux	mousepad
Nova	macOS	nova --wait
Pluma	Linux	pluma
Scratch	Linux	scratch-text-editor
Textpad	Windows	'C:\Program Files\TextPad 5\TextPad.exe' -m
TextWrangler	macOS	edit --wait
UltraEdit	Windows	Uedit32
VSCodium	macOS, Linux, Windows	codium --wait
WordPad	Windows	'C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe'
Xi	macOS, Linux, Windows	xi --wait

Pre-installed fallbacks (one per platform)

Editor	Platform	Command
TextEdit	macOS	open -e --new --wait-apps
Nano	Linux	nano -w
Notepad	Windows	notepad.exe
Mock editor	mockOS (for testing purpose)	mock_default_command

Sources

• Git commands setup and config, Core editor.
• Integrated development environment, Stack Overflow Developer Survey, 2021.
• What are the default text editors in different flavours of Ubuntu? Stack Overlow.