Freeware text editors

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05-01-2005, 08:16 PM
DaBeeeenster

Freeware text editors

Favourites please? What are the developers on the forums using? After syntax highlighting, clean and simple design, light etc. etc
05-01-2005, 09:20 PM
directhex

context.
05-01-2005, 09:36 PM
Jonny M

I like jedit
05-01-2005, 09:39 PM
Raz316

http://www.textpad.com/
05-01-2005, 10:03 PM
Taz

vim (http://www.vim.org/) - just like Unix 'vi' with a few Windows enhancements.

UltraEdit is also good.
05-01-2005, 10:21 PM
r1zeek

Another vote for TextPad, liked it so much I bought the licsensed version.
05-01-2005, 10:26 PM
Dragonb4llz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raz316

http://www.textpad.com/

I agree. An excellent tool.
05-01-2005, 10:27 PM
TiG

editplus, more functional for some of the VXML, and other more IVR related languages i tend to program in.

TiG
05-01-2005, 11:05 PM
DaBeeeenster

FREEWARE people! Freeware!
05-01-2005, 11:14 PM
0iD

Try SuperEdi or ConTEXT. Firm favourites.

http://www.wolosoft.com/en/superedi/
http://www.context.cx/
06-01-2005, 12:54 AM
stytagm

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaBeeeenster

FREEWARE people! Freeware!

Still textpad I'm afraid! Used the free demo version for ages while I was a student (years - it never expires and is fully functional) then I stumped up when I got job.
06-01-2005, 10:47 AM
scottyman

I tend to use PHPEdit - got a free license for non-commercial use.
Use textpad for everything else - also paid to license it, as it's really very good. I just found editplus a bit too flakey. Plus - textpad is quite nifty for adding in your various compilers and runtime engines.
06-01-2005, 11:36 AM
Atomic

NoteTab.
06-01-2005, 11:58 AM
Rys

http://www.ornj.net/software/araneae/

Araneae if you want simple, lightweight and free.
07-01-2005, 12:48 AM
DaBeeeenster

Found a topnotch editor called Crimson:

http://www.crimsoneditor.com/

Maybe we should start a freeware sticky?
07-01-2005, 09:51 AM
Jon-E-Durex

kate for linux, no questions

windows textpad
13-01-2005, 08:41 AM
Invader Zim

Babya E-Type is a new and free text editor by my company, Babya Software Group :
Screenshot-http://www.iuploads.com/uploads/ef601fa48b.jpg
Download:Babya E-Type
17-10-2005, 12:13 AM
Workaholic

Nedit for linux and TextPad for Windows due to multiple tabs of opened files and also highlightning of syntax when programming.
17-10-2005, 04:06 PM
peterb

Quite happy with Vim... or Emacs
17-10-2005, 04:09 PM
Starburn

I use textpad all the time at work.

It's less annoying than NetBeans :)
17-10-2005, 04:22 PM
Tomahawk

I recommend HIGHLY 'PitPad' it's what I use, and it's a brilliant little program.

Covers what you mentioned it needs to, including Syntax highlighting, it's completely free, and also has no need to install, just download and run!.. Check out the website...

PitPad Here

Also includes great features like open multiple files in tabs, minimize the program to the system tray..

Definately worth looking at, could be just what you require.

;)
17-10-2005, 06:10 PM
njm106

To Emacs or to Vi, that is thy question!
17-10-2005, 11:40 PM
Workaholic

And... TextPad allows for compiling and running of programs within a text editer. Namely Java programs.

Does anyone recommend EDIT from Microsoft DOS (Blue blackground and White foreground.)
18-10-2005, 10:27 AM
jamena

NOTEPAD2 works pretty well for me, lightweight, simple, etc :)

I'm assuming here that you didn't mean something like OperOffice?
19-10-2005, 03:58 PM
happytechie

XEmacs, Emacs

both available in a precompiled win32 variant.

I also use textpad and edit in a dos cmd window alot

next question?

HT
19-10-2005, 04:26 PM
mike_w

I use Gedit or, ocassionally (because of the nice pane down the left hand side) Bluefish on Linux, and Crimson Editor on Windows.
31-10-2005, 01:57 PM
hardflipman

ultraedit did the trick for me but it hink i'll look at some of the other ones mentioned. Edit is better than notepad. notepad sometimes does silly things with formatting...