[cjfd]

I hope not. The 'advancement' from text editing to something else would in all likelihood not be an advancement at all but a retardation instead. There is a reason that the invention of writing is the basis of civilization. The only way for leaving text editing to be left behind is if all these big companies forbid ordinary users to do any programming besides a very dumbed-down/graphical version of it. I am sure they would very much like this but it would be a form of tyranny.

[Firadeoclus]

"Plain text" writing using a "text editor", is much more limited in its expressiveness than writing on a piece of paper. There is no reason to believe that a character grid somehow is the pinnacle of programming.