I've been keeping an eye on this one. This holds the most promise of replacing vscode for me. Right now, Kate is more mature and stable at the moment. But I think once it gets further along it'll definitely kick the pants off of the other options.
I've tried Lite XL and CudeText and they are both hard to set up and fall far short of Kate and Lapce in terms of UI.
I'm curious, why not Sublime Text? It is better, faster, and more mature than Lapce, LiteXL, Kate, CudaText, and VSCode (although VSCode might have more extensions).
Is it just because it's not free? I bought it, and it has been my most used piece of software by far.
I've heard about Sublime Text but never considered getting it.
The first code editor I ever got any real use out of was vscode. Which until recently was perfect (some feature regressions and issues with crashing.) At this point the last thing I want to do is depend on a proprietary editor.
I've tried Lite XL and CudeText and they are both hard to set up and fall far short of Kate and Lapce in terms of UI.