Best Linux Apps ... 1
Found a reasonable list of the Best Linux Apps . While I do not agree with all of them, many are my favorites too.
In the editor section, I would add geany. It is like Notepad+ on Windows, but cross-platform. Syntax highlighting for many languages, spell check plugin, and many other IDE features without the bloat of a typical IDE. Functions, classes, method completion … are covered.
Take a look – perhaps one of the options will fill a need for you too?
When installing, be careful about apps with too many dependencies. Is it really worth loading almost all of KDE to have 1 app?
SublimeText2
Taskcoach
ClipIt