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Thanks for the comments. 

After using Geany a fair bit more (pulseaudio I will put you down) over the last day or so (and discovering the split window plugin, duh) I'm a bit more happy with it.

Sublime and Atom both interest me but not being free, for the first, and newness for the second hold me back. 

I might revisit when and if the benefits of an IDE beckon.  Am I wrong to wait?

I'm looking for comments/tips on a good text editor for linux. 

Eventually hoping to use it for coding but for now it is just text (config files and the like).  On windows I was very happy with Notepad+, no coding work.  I've tried a few and currently use Notepadhqq (mainly cause of semi-familiarity) and Geany both of which are okay but don't really impress me.  Several of the popular ones (e.g Gedit) have left me very flat.  A few are mentioned to be very good but needing some time invested to be able to use well.  (I don't mind this if it is one that I will stick with.)  One thing I particularly liked about notepadplus was its ability to open just about any file even if the contents were gibberish (or mainly gibberish).

Line numbering is a must, coloured code desired, ability to have double view good, quick to load a bonus, capacity to open large files almost essential,... I could go on but hopefully that provides some guidance.  What would you recommend?

More information would help find the problem.  I'm not really one to solve linux problem but maybe it is known behaviour?

If Dwarf Fortress launches okay but Dwarf Therapist gives you 'cannot find running dwarf fortress application' message (maybe slightly different words) then you need to start playing dwarf fortress - new game or load a save - then return to dwarf therapist window and click connect, now it should find dwarf fortress (it will even find it once you are in the embark screen).  Basically therapist expects a dwarf fortress game already running (game with data not just load screen) but LNP launches therapist immediately.

If the problem is something else give a more detailed description and someone (else probably) might be able to help.

@Loci

Any chance of pushing that script into DFHack?  (An init would be real nice too...)

I've seen a few of these threads and pasted that script into more than a couple of DF installs.

And thanks!

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Just to chip in - there is a DFHack tool which can be used to distinguish two biomes (even if they are of the exact same type).  I think it might be 'probe' but it is a while since I used it.  It returns a unique number for each biome.  I remember using it on a tile by tile basis to determine the exact boundary of two biomes (both apparently identical in type) one of which contained wind and the other which did not.  An interesting point to note is that biomes are actually three dimensional - the boundary can vary (slightly) between z-levels.

I'm sure a quick query in the DFHack thread would elicit more precise info than my vague memories.   

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