Comments on: Best Free Text Editor http://www.freewaremission.com/2008/08/best-free-text-editor/ Best Freeware Programs and Reviews Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:06:57 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Johnny Karp http://www.freewaremission.com/2008/08/best-free-text-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-4261 Johnny Karp Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:45:45 +0000 http://freewaremission.com/?p=125#comment-4261 Notepad++ is a good free option in my view but I don't know if it meets all of your criteria. And don't worry, your English is quite OK :) Notepad++ is a good free option in my view but I don’t know if it meets all of your criteria. And don’t worry, your English is quite OK :)

]]> By: ParSalian http://www.freewaremission.com/2008/08/best-free-text-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-4255 ParSalian Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:49:31 +0000 http://freewaremission.com/?p=125#comment-4255 I've been using Textpoad for ages. I know, i know, its not free, just shareware, that's not the point. But one day i started studying japanese & chinese (yeah, both), and UTF-writen folders appeared in my desktop. And... wtf??? why the hell can't TextPad open them? It's just trying to open "C:\bin\????\index.txt" instead of "C:\bin\日本\index.txt"... ok, let's move it to the desktop.... ouch! the charachters inside aren't well depicted, and if i save the file, then the file is totally corrupted. In few words: It doesn't has support for asian languajes. That day I started my search for a good text editor, trying to find the things i most use in textpad (and the ones i miss ;)): * Full UTF-8, UTF-16 support... maybe JIS? * RegExp Search & Replace (all opened files) * Search in files, file compare * Line marking (so you can go ahead and back between different points.... the definition of a function and its uses ;)) * Syntax highlighting (not closed-format, so I can add AU3 / LUA / whatever if undefined, and automatically extension-linked) * Colum editing (copy-paste in column mode, filling with fixed text, number sequences...) * Usability (keyboard shortcuts) and fast learning curve * .... I looked into wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_text_editors) and found some interesting options. Tryed many, but no one had all i was looking for. Anyway, at least i found a good one, and started using it. Not sure if it was Scite or Notepad++.... It had some crashes, but hey, it was working. I was saving frequently so i don't lose my work. In one of this times... it crashed during the save. Ok, as always, i reopened the file... the empty file... hey, stop. Empty? WTF? yeah, it was empty. I hope it was a beta version or whatever. But it messed up my work due to a crash during the save. Even the previously saved work was lost. It has been some time ago. I've been textpad again for files wihout kanji, and notepad (standard) for kanjis. Now, I've received an invitation to try the Seven, and i want to retry. Any good text editor? (btw, sorry if my english isn't perfect... i'm from Spain ;)) I’ve been using Textpoad for ages. I know, i know, its not free, just shareware, that’s not the point. But one day i started studying japanese & chinese (yeah, both), and UTF-writen folders appeared in my desktop. And… wtf??? why the hell can’t TextPad open them? It’s just trying to open “C:\bin\????\index.txt” instead of “C:\bin\日本\index.txt”… ok, let’s move it to the desktop…. ouch! the charachters inside aren’t well depicted, and if i save the file, then the file is totally corrupted. In few words: It doesn’t has support for asian languajes. That day I started my search for a good text editor, trying to find the things i most use in textpad (and the ones i miss ;) ):
* Full UTF-8, UTF-16 support… maybe JIS?
* RegExp Search & Replace (all opened files)
* Search in files, file compare
* Line marking (so you can go ahead and back between different points…. the definition of a function and its uses ;) )
* Syntax highlighting (not closed-format, so I can add AU3 / LUA / whatever if undefined, and automatically extension-linked)
* Colum editing (copy-paste in column mode, filling with fixed text, number sequences…)
* Usability (keyboard shortcuts) and fast learning curve
* ….

I looked into wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_text_editors) and found some interesting options. Tryed many, but no one had all i was looking for. Anyway, at least i found a good one, and started using it. Not sure if it was Scite or Notepad++…. It had some crashes, but hey, it was working. I was saving frequently so i don’t lose my work. In one of this times… it crashed during the save. Ok, as always, i reopened the file… the empty file… hey, stop. Empty? WTF? yeah, it was empty.

I hope it was a beta version or whatever. But it messed up my work due to a crash during the save. Even the previously saved work was lost.

It has been some time ago. I’ve been textpad again for files wihout kanji, and notepad (standard) for kanjis. Now, I’ve received an invitation to try the Seven, and i want to retry.

Any good text editor?

(btw, sorry if my english isn’t perfect… i’m from Spain ;) )

]]> By: Bilgisayarınız İçin 72 Ücretsiz Yazılım | catlakses.com http://www.freewaremission.com/2008/08/best-free-text-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-1347 Bilgisayarınız İçin 72 Ücretsiz Yazılım | catlakses.com Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:47:04 +0000 http://freewaremission.com/?p=125#comment-1347 [...] Notepad++ - Programlama dillerini de destekliyor [...] [...] Notepad++ – Programlama dillerini de destekliyor [...]

]]> By: Johnny Karp http://www.freewaremission.com/2008/08/best-free-text-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-1150 Johnny Karp Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:53:46 +0000 http://freewaremission.com/?p=125#comment-1150 @Marco Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give it a try. @Marco
Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll give it a try.

]]> By: Marco http://www.freewaremission.com/2008/08/best-free-text-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-1146 Marco Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:09:00 +0000 http://freewaremission.com/?p=125#comment-1146 EditPad Lite, free and excellent. EditPad Lite, free and excellent.

]]> By: Jim http://www.freewaremission.com/2008/08/best-free-text-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Jim Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:17:00 +0000 http://freewaremission.com/?p=125#comment-264 You can post what you think is the<br/><a HREF="http://www.whaturunning.com/the-best-software/Text-Editor.htm" REL="nofollow">best text editor</a> at <a HREF="www.whatUrunning.com" REL="nofollow">whatUrunning.com</a> You can post what you think is the
best text editor at whatUrunning.com

]]> By: Wim http://www.freewaremission.com/2008/08/best-free-text-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Wim Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:31:00 +0000 http://freewaremission.com/?p=125#comment-255 pspad (http://www.pspad.com/en/) is also a really good one, although closed source, it is updated frequently and the author will listen to good suggestions pspad (http://www.pspad.com/en/) is also a really good one, although closed source, it is updated frequently and the author will listen to good suggestions

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.freewaremission.com/2008/08/best-free-text-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Anonymous Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:20:00 +0000 http://freewaremission.com/?p=125#comment-252 What I'm really missing in notepad++ is a column editor. <br/>CrimsonEditor has that, so I'd recommend CrimsonEditor (now also opensouce project called emeraldEditor) (http://www.emeraldeditor.com / http://www.crimsoneditor.com/) What I’m really missing in notepad++ is a column editor.
CrimsonEditor has that, so I’d recommend CrimsonEditor (now also opensouce project called emeraldEditor) (http://www.emeraldeditor.com / http://www.crimsoneditor.com/)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.freewaremission.com/2008/08/best-free-text-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Anonymous Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:50:00 +0000 http://freewaremission.com/?p=125#comment-212 Never heard of EDXOR ?? Never heard of EDXOR ??

]]> By: Johnny Karp http://www.freewaremission.com/2008/08/best-free-text-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Johnny Karp Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:55:00 +0000 http://freewaremission.com/?p=125#comment-73 Thanks Dave! Thanks Dave!

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