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What cross-platform GUI text editor for Linux shell scripting?
Visual Studio Code
Pros:
Cross-platform (Windows, Linux, Mac)
Open-source, see its GitHub page, though there is some fog about it
Free of charge, MIT license
Faster than Atom
IntelliSense ...
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What cross-platform GUI text editor for Linux shell scripting?
gVim
Pros:
Cross platform (Windows, Linux, Mac, Amiga, OS/2, others, even Android and iOS)
Open-source, see its GitHub page
Free of charge (although it encourages charity donation), GPL license with ...
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What cross-platform GUI text editor for Linux shell scripting?
Atom
Pros:
Cross-platform (Windows, Linux, Mac)
Open-source, see its GitHub page
Free of charge, MIT license
Shell script syntax highlighting with strong color for variables:
Cons:
Start-up time ...
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What cross-platform GUI text editor for Linux shell scripting?
Kate
Pros:
Cross-platform (Linux, Mac OS, Windows)
Open source
Free software (GPL)
Fast
Has syntax highlighting support for a lot of different files (Markup, Scripts, Source code, configuration, ...)
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What cross-platform GUI text editor for Linux shell scripting?
Emacs
Pros:
Cross platform
Free and Open Source Software
Free of charge
Supports both GUI and CLI usage, even for a single instance simultaneously. You can have your emacs windows in your desktop; ...
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Cloud software for floor planning
I don't know a cloud based software for this, but have used SweetHome3D (Java, so all platforms) and found it good.
You can't upload that image into it as far as I know, but building the walls is an ...
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Software to verify the integrity of a flash/SD card?
I'm not sure if it's any good, but I was reading about this one earlier. Seems to be brand new. Looks promising in the screenshot the author provided.
True Capacity is an open-source tool that checks ...
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Cross-platform IDE alternative to MS Visual Studio - other than Eclipse CDT
I would suggest taking a look at Code::Blocks as a possible alternative that is Free, Open Source & Cross Platform.
Your feature requests
Find and replace works like Visual Studio on Windows - ...
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Encrypt my external hard disk (Linux + OS X + Windows)
Until a yearor two back, the definitive answer would have been TrueCrypt.
I still use it myself, but, as it is no longer actively developed, you might want to choose one of the forks, based on its ...
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What cross-platform GUI text editor for Linux shell scripting?
Geany
Cross platform. GPL licensed. Syntax high lighting. Actually a very light weight IDE - has buttons for "compile" "build" and such that can have specific actions set for appropriate file ...
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Is there a LOGO interpreter that actually has a turtle?
Here is another online Logo available at https://vrmath2.net/VRM2. I hope the 3D Turtle is good looking enough. If not, it can be changed to a fish or airplane. This Logo allows open/save logo files ...
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Software for recording video games?
Open Broadcast Software. It's open source and cross platform. Contain's plugin's too so you can customize other things as you like.
What is OBS?
Open Broadcaster Software is free and open ...
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Remote viewing software
Another option would be installing a VNC server. Once installed and activated you can login from remote clients as if you'd be on the physical console.
Advantages:
cross-platform support, any mix of ...
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How can I share my clipboard across my devices?
It seems like the newer versions of Pushbullet already has universal copy and paste, so try enabling it in the preferences, or possibly update app if you have a really old installation.
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Bookmark sync tool between Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera browsers?
Like many I've been searching for a bookmarks synchronization solution that is cross-browsers and cross-platforms for years. To my knowledge, all-in-one ready to use alternatives are but none. But ...
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Alternatives to TrueCrypt?
I would also check out LibreCrypt,
LibreCrypt (Open Source)
Transparent on-the-fly disk encryption for Windows. LUKS compatible. (formerly DoxBox)
Features
Easy to use, with a 'wizard' for creating ...
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A mail client like Windows 10 Mail for all operating systems
Nylas N1 is the extensible, open source mail app.
It has a Dark Mode built in, a "Two Panel" layout and is extensible. It runs on Windows, OS X, Linux (.deb and .rpm) available.
The messages are ...
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Cross-platform IDE alternative to MS Visual Studio - other than Eclipse CDT
It seems that JetBrains CLion may meet almost all of your requirements. It is often not gratis, though.
You might also want to have a look at the C++ IDE comparison table on Wikipedia.
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Video chat alternative to Skype on Windows/Linux
You can try Ekiga. It's an open-source SoftPhone, video conferencing and instant messenger software. It runs on windows and linux. I believe you can host with it, but I've never done it. It should be ...
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Library to develop cross-platform desktop UI for a Python app
You could try to use Qt which allows for it's UI to be converted to Python compatible.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18429452/convert-pyqt-ui-to-python
With payment, you get customer support ...
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Library to develop cross-platform desktop UI for a Python app
I would suggest taking a look at wxPython which is a set of python bindings for the wxWidgets GUI toolkit.
This provides a native look and feel on all of Windows, OS-X & Linux and can be used to ...
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Library to develop cross-platform desktop UI for a Python app
Electron allows for refined and attractive desktop apps for Windows, Mac and Linux using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
Professional Interface: Yes. For example Visual Studio Code is built using Electron
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Replacement for Picasa that respects my folder layout
After extensive research and searching, I've found the open-source tool Digikam meets all my requirements and many more - it's a very impressive tool.
It works on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
It ...
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Where can I find a GUI tool to duplicate files across a system as they change?
Well, it took more than "several weeks" to make this tool. I'm calling it File Tracker - a bulk diff/merge tool for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux desktop:
https://file-tracker.cubiclesoft.com/
File ...
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An open source PDF reader with built in dictionary or plugins?
I found a tutorial of adding a real-time google translation button for pdf-xchange editor.
Although pdf-xchange editor is not open source software, but I think it is a good hint for other pdf viewers.
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Video editor that works from plain-text files
AviSynth seems to be the tool that directly answers your needs on Windows. This is a completely script-based editing approach, with quite powerful instruments (built-in or as plug-ins) for reading, ...
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Is there a LOGO interpreter that actually has a turtle?
turtleSpaces https://turtlespaces.org is a fully-featured Logo interpreter with both a web version and application binaries for Windows, MacOS and Linux. It has dozens of examples you can browse ...
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Text Editor or IDE supporting many languages
Like others who have answered, I like and use both Atom and Eclipse. But both are quite bloated and take a lot of memory to run.
You say you've tried Vim... I think you need to try it again. :) It ...
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Real time interactive whiteboard for tutoring math
Having been a math tutor and aspiring computer programmer since about 2014, I feel I should share my experiences with trying to find/make software to solve this very problem. I recognize that this may ...
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C/C++ ini file parser library
Modern and cross-platform library is also inicpp. It has pretty good test support, is easy to use and one of the greatest features is schema validation (with full type safety). It's not big, but it's ...
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