Having recently upgraded my terminal experience to using bat for cat, I have now installed a new terminal text editor that has GUI-like options: fresh.
A terminal text editor that has mouse support??? Yes! In essence, it's like nano (which I've never cared for) with mouse support -- that's what nano has been missing all these years!
After installing (there's a handy script that will do all for you) I simply created an alias, alias vi='fresh' and I'm good to go!
A text editor that isn’t vi, vim or nano
My favourite is mcedit 
Never heard of it so I looked it up, I thought you were making a joke!
Mcedit is a text editor that comes with the Midnight Commander file manager in Linux. It allows users to edit files directly from the terminal with features like syntax highlighting, multiple file editing, and a user-friendly menu system.
mate-terminal meets my simple needs, I will stick with it.
When I looked up mcedit (I too, had not heard of it), I found an editor for minecraft. Not being a player, I had no interest in it.
But mate-terminal isn't an editor. Or do I miss your drift?
How would you compare Midnight Commander to Double Commander? I installed the latter and use it on the rare occasion when I want side-by-side directory comparisons. I hate to double up (no pun intended) on utilities that I use infrequently, but if one is clearly superior to another, I'm willing to switch.
AFAIK
I find mc very useful and convenient in terminal sessions, esp. via ssh.
I find legacy GUI file manager (i.e. Caja) quite convenient. I use it and do not feel an urge to try something else.
IMHO, that's just a matter of taste. And yes, mc can compare directories too.
I've installed Midnight Commander so I can evaluate it. Why not? I like the look and feel better than Double Commander. And since I always remote into my server (either via ssh or rdp) mc might actually prove more useful.
Checking these out brings back memories. Before GUIs became commonplace, I remember shell programs (you mentioned Norton). Two that I used extensively after learning of them were PathMinder and 1Dir (both added "plus" versions after initial deployment). These were mid-1980s utilities and presaged the idea of graphical file managers.
There was also xtree...
BTW, it's nice to see your mention of PathMinder for very few people know it.
Oops I meant Pluma when I replied.
To be contrarian, I have gvim as my only editor, and have never looked to replace that! Every few months, I discover something new about it, but I rarely, if ever, use those newly discovered features.
I essentially use only the features that came with basic 1984 HP-UX vi (as they say, old habits die hard), which is minimalist, with the exception of the added benefits offered by
the customized theme, and
the syntax highlighting,
which I only discovered when I adopted GVim about 10-15 years ago.
It's interesting if there are emacs fans among us?
As I said, I am a Gvim fan, not Emacs.
However, a majority of developers within Nortel IT departments used Emacs as their primary development tool. I was the "slow" holdout for not wanting to "step up" to what everyone claimed to be a superior tool.
TNX for the suggestion ! Never heard of it.
Just installed fresh, looks good, mouse works, useful menu system. It makes nano look like something from the stone age 
I'm going to use it for the forseeable time, just to see if it lives up to its promise 
