Atom editor
Atomic Writing
Although Atom is designed for developers and coders alike, writing professionals can also benefit from this powerful text editor.
Despite a plethora of available writing tools and platforms, a text editor still remains the weapon of choice for many writing professionals. And, although text editors like Gedit, Kate, and nano are perfectly adequate for drafting articles and scribbling notes, a more powerful and extensible application like Atom [1] can prove to be an essential tool for serious writing.
Installing and Configuring Atom
The project's website provides binary packages for several platforms, including a package for 64-bit versions of Ubuntu and Red Hat. No software repositories exist, so you have to download and install all future releases manually. However, if you happen to use Ubuntu, you'll be pleased to learn that the WebUpd8 team maintains a PPA containing Atom for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Ubuntu. Installing Atom from this PPA can be done using the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/atom sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install atom
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