Editor
This tag is for questions about the features and functionality of text editors, source code editors and other programs specifically designed for modifying plain text files used in computer programming. Questions asking us to recommend or find an editor are strictly off-topic.
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Android Studio Collapse definitions and methods
How can I collapse all definitions and methods within the Android Studio editor? Visual Studio has that optio
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Can I hex edit a file in Visual Studio?
I want to edit a binary file, but I don't want to use another tool other than Visual Studio because it&ap
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How to paste in a new line with vim?
I often have to paste some stuff on a new line in vim. What I usually do is: o<Esc>p Which inserts a
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How do I duplicate a whole line in Emacs?
I saw this same question for VIM and it has been something that I myself wanted to know how to do for Emacs. I
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How can I maximize the editor pane in IntelliJ IDEA?
In Eclipse, I can type Ctrl+M or click the maximize icon in the editor pane to make the editor pane take up th
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Saving vim macros
Does anyone know how to properly save/reuse macros recorded inside of a vim editor?
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How to disable word-wrap in Xcode 4 editor?
I can't find how to disable word-wrap in Xcode 4 editor. How can I do it?
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How do you return from 'gf' in Vim
I am using Vim for windows installed in Unix mode. Thanks to this site I now use the gf command to go to a fil
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Is there an Eclipse line-width marker?
I have a specific project where I need to wrap every code line at 65 characters. I have set up the eclipse Jav
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Using Emacs to recursively find and replace in text files not already open
As a follow-up to this question, it's trying to find out how to do something like this which should be ea
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Disabling swap files creation in vim
Is there a way to disable .swp files creation in vim? or at least create them all in one place so I can find a
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How to change background color in the Notepad++ text editor?
Does anyone know how to change the background color, font size, and other appearance-based settings in Notepad
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Does Notepad++ show all hidden characters?
In Notepad++ I have set "replace tab with 2 spaces". When coding in Python I copy-pasted some code from the w
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How to replace four spaces with a tab in Sublime Text 2?
I want to replace all the "four spaces" that is written by another text editor with tabs. How can I do it?
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How can I swap positions of two open files (in splits) in vim?
Assume I've got some arbitrary layout of splits in vim. ____________________ | one | two | |
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Change the Theme in Jupyter Notebook?
I like dark themes. However, the default theme of Jupyter notebooks is light, and I can't find the option
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Using Vim's tabs like buffers
I have looked at the ability to use tabs in Vim (with :tabe, :tabnew, etc.) as a replacement for my current pr
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Select all occurrences of selected word in VSCode
Are there any trick or extension to select all instances of selected word in visual studio code, to facilitate
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Set language for syntax highlighting in Visual Studio Code
Before the confusion begins, this question is about Code, the new lightweight Visual Studio Editor. You can ge