title: Atom Text Editor keywords: atom, text editor, last_updated: March 20, 2016 summary: "Atom is a free text editor that is a favorite tool of many writers because it is free. This page provides some tips for using Atom." sidebar: mydoc_sidebar permalink: mydoc_atom_text_editor.html
If you haven't downloaded Atom, download and install it. Use this as your editor when working with Jekyll. The syntax highlighting is probably the best among the available editors, as it was designed with Jekyll-authoring in mind. However, if you prefer Sublime Text, WebStorm, or some other editor, you can also use that.
Customize the invisibles and tab spacing in Atom:
Turn off auto-complete:
(For Windows, replace "Cmd" with "Ctrl".)