As @aperson said, Geany is a very good text editor - It is lightweight with lots of features. It also supports vala (you need to install valac first though for full vala features). A lot of its features are IDE like eg. you can build/run with 1 click.
To install, run sudo apt-get install valac geany or search for 'valac' and 'geany' in Ubuntu Software Centre.
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As @aperson said, Geany is a very good text editor - It is lightweight with lots of features. It also supports vala (you need to install
valacfirst though for full vala features). A lot of its features are IDE like eg. you can build/run with 1 click.To install, run
sudo apt-get install valac geanyor search for 'valac' and 'geany' in Ubuntu Software Centre.