Recommend a better text editor than notepad?

Post #46,967 by altmann 7/26/02 2:37:05 AM 7/26/02 2:39:29 AM Reply	Recommend a better text editor than notepad? There are a number of shareware (maybe even freeware) text editors for Windows out there that will preserve the unix text format or convert dos2unix and back. [link\|http://www.ultraedit.com/\|UltraEdit] is one that comes to mind that I use. PS: There seems to be a [link\|http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/24/1832212\|discussion on Win32 editors] going on on Slashdot. -- Chris Altmann Edited by altmann July 26, 2002, 02:39:29 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #46,975 by CRConrad 7/26/02 3:48:49 AM Reply	Two more alternatives: [link\|http://www.textpad.com\|TextPad] (commercial or shareware, IIRC) and [link\|http://www.notetab.com\|NoteTab] (shareware and freeware versions, last I looked). I'm not quite, but fairly, sure that both of these can handle Unix text correctly. As for prices, I think NoteTab might be cheaper, but even TextPad can't be all that expensive -- my notoriously cheap previous employer got a site license for it. Personally, though, I'd recommend NoteTab (regardless of price) -- the interface just feels nicer. It also has a "clip library" feature that lets you save and later insert oft-used snippets of text; and a whole bunch of HTML functionality (also for various programming languages) built-in (somehow based on those "clip libraries", I think; never much used it meself). (OK, OK, I confess: Maybe the main reason I'm partial to NoteTab is that it's written in Delphi... :-) Christian R. Conrad Microsoft is a true reflection of Bill Gates' personality - the sleaziest, most unethical, ugliest little rat's ass the world has seen unto this time. -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=42971\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #47,019 by Andrew Grygus 7/26/02 9:38:53 AM Reply	Faced with this problem between OS/2 and Linux . . . . I used jed (available for most OS), because I'm used to Emacs style text based editors, but it definitely isn't for GUI hounds. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #47,036 by tjsinclair 7/26/02 11:02:53 AM Reply	Definitely need freeware Our budget is stretched too thin to even manage shareware stuff. (And we're cracking down on internal piracy, something with which most schools are rife.) Tom Sinclair "Subverting Young Minds Since 03/13/2000"
Post #47,073 by wharris2 7/26/02 3:48:09 PM Reply	Vim does well and it's free, but you have to know or be willing to learn "vi". When you load a file, it gives you the option of using Unix or DOS format for the file. The lawyers would mostly rather be what they are than get out of the way even if the cost was Hammerfall. - Jerry Pournelle
Post #47,079 by tjsinclair 7/26/02 4:26:42 PM Reply	Considered that but these are confirmed Windows monkeys. Anyone try Jedit? Tom Sinclair "Subverting Young Minds Since 03/13/2000"

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