[SamuelAdams]

For the absolute lightweight, there is vi, eMacs, nano, etc.

For a UI I’ve been using VSCode. It is quite quick when you disable all extensions and most settings.

[tmtvl]

> absolute lightweight

> eMacs

I love Emacs, but I don't see how a Lisp platform with a web browser, a Tetris implementation, and 4 terminal emulators (shell, term, ansi-term, eshell) can be considered 'lightweight'.

[deathanatos]

As the old saying goes, "emacs is an operating system lacking only a decent text editor".

[SamuelAdams]

Ha, fair. Lightweight in this context is relative to Notepad or any modern Windows application.

[1bpp]

To be fair you can say that of anything with a scripting engine, you could have all that in vim or stripped down emacs

[JohnFen]

vi and emacs are absolutely not lightweight, let alone "absolutely lightweight".

[jmclnx]

If by vi you mean vim, then I agree, real vi is rather lite.

As someone famous said, "everything is relative" :) Compared to the new applications that have been coming out, Emacs and vim are a paragon of lightness.

[paxys]

I'm sorry but you cannot use VS Code and lightweight in the same sentence.

[projektfu]

Maybe joe, jed, or uEmacs.