Text Editors and Documentation Tools - Office Hours May 2024

Join a live session with the Technical Authors team at Canonical for Documentation Office Hours, exploring updates to the Ubuntu Academy and delving into popular text editors. Learn about recent changes to the Starter Pack, witness a Sphinx demo, and discover the powerful features of vim, Kate, neovim, and VSCode. Gain insights into vim plugins, split views, and editing Discourse content directly from vim. Watch demonstrations of each editor's capabilities, including Kate's versatility and neovim's modern enhancements. Conclude with a lighthearted comparison of vi and emacs in this informative 35-minute video that covers essential tools for technical documentation and coding.

Welcome
Academy updates
Starter Pack updates and clarifications
Starter Pack Sphinx demo
Sphinx index page updates
vim demo
vim help
vim plugins
split views
Discourse editing from vim
All about Kate
Kate demo
vim wiki
neovim
neovim demo
VSCode demo
vi vs emacs