I was able to set up the free text editor for ubuntu, Gedit.
Runs nice with all the features.
You have to download gedit and install it; but it will be stopped from installing and then
you open privacy/security (systems preference) and click "open gedit".
You need to set up the system paths to run getit :
Programming Tips: Run gedit on Mac OS terminal
Use the search at the top right of you mac to find the terminal and then double click it to run those commands.
It took me a couple of tries on the install but it's working now.
