I thought about this one http://www.crimsoneditor.com/ , and if anyone has used it, please offer your opinion. Please offer any recommendations. Thanks.

3/7/2006 6:58:23 PM

Text editor or word processor?


what platform?

3/7/2006 7:10:26 PM

i use editplus

3/7/2006 7:12:54 PM

Windows... I am looking for a 'text editor'.

I also ran across this http://www.alleycode.com/

What do you all think?

[Edited on March 7, 2006 at 7:18 PM. Reason : blah]

3/7/2006 7:17:37 PM

vi is pretty good.

3/7/2006 10:18:19 PM

c:\windows\notepad.exe

3/7/2006 10:51:15 PM

TextWrangler

3/7/2006 10:55:20 PM

vi is fucking terrible.

textpad isn't bad if you need more than straight up text

for everything else theres notepad/wordpad

3/7/2006 11:41:22 PM

crimson editor is cool if you are using it for code.

i also use notetab lite.

but you can't beat notepad for launch speed.

3/8/2006 12:14:01 AM

crimson editor is great for coding

3/8/2006 12:30:39 AM

crimson is pretty good

3/8/2006 4:52:31 AM

Right now I am evaluating Alleycode, then next I will evalute Crimson. Alleycode is pretty damn slick. A few of you all should try it out so we can share ideas about this softwa

3/8/2006 6:37:57 AM

I still use EditPad lite. Useless for coding though.

3/8/2006 6:49:57 AM

I like NoteTab Light (the free version of their software).

http://www.notetab.com/

3/8/2006 10:26:02 AM

Quote :

"c:\windows\notepad.exe"

3/8/2006 10:50:59 AM

textpad

you'll never go back to notepad ever again

3/8/2006 10:55:10 AM

I use notepad2. The speed and simplicity of notepad.exe with some added extras including syntax highlighting. Plus you can download the source and customize it. http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html

3/8/2006 11:12:02 AM

I WOULD PAY A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A GOOD TEXT EDITOR

3/8/2006 11:31:04 AM

AT LEAST. I GOTTA WRITE WORDZ N SHIT, YO.

3/8/2006 11:32:05 AM

TextPad is a good one. I also use UltraEdit.

3/8/2006 11:33:27 AM

gVim!

3/8/2006 5:56:23 PM

textpad for work - notepad for everything else

3/8/2006 7:48:23 PM

Quote :

"I WOULD PAY A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A GOOD TEXT EDITOR"

http://www.slickedit.com

...it's the best

3/9/2006 9:28:32 AM

dreamweaver??

3/9/2006 9:35:40 AM

^?

3/9/2006 10:19:46 AM

i know DW is not freeware, but is that program that you mentioned really better than DW. just curious.

3/9/2006 10:22:53 AM

I've used textpad and found it to be pretty useful.

You can download syntax files for other languages than the standard include, i think i have a VBScript one stored away myself (if you go that way and need it)

3/9/2006 10:29:15 AM

slickedit is a powerful text editor for powerful programmers

i use it everyday and i love it.

it's all command driven and has a command line within SE.

you can emulate pratically all your old favorite text editors (keyboard shortcuts and bindings with VI, Visual Studio, CUA, SlickEdit standard, Brief, CodeWright, GNU Emacs, CodeWarrior and on and on).

You can code or record your own macros.

Create your own aliases.

there are too many features to list. Download the trial and see for yourself.
Version 11 will be coming out at the beginning of April and will be the best SE release yet!
I have beta tested it!

3/9/2006 10:41:50 AM

Quote :

"c:\windows\notepad.exe"

3/9/2006 10:49:18 AM

slickedit is more of a coding IDE than a 'text editor'

3/9/2006 10:49:29 AM

i just don't understand why some idiots choose to use notpad when there are so many programs out here to use that makes coding easier.

3/9/2006 10:50:47 AM

SE is a text editor that supports coding. So I guess you are kinda right.

^b/c it makes their CSC p33n HUGE!!!1

[Edited on March 9, 2006 at 10:52 AM. Reason : huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge]

3/9/2006 10:51:46 AM

SE also takes noticably longer to start up than notepad/textpad

3/9/2006 10:53:26 AM

what.. like 30-60 seconds longer? hopfully you will not have 'start-up rage' and break your monitor with your keyboard.

3/9/2006 10:54:48 AM

i usually break my keyboard with my monitor instead. keyboards are easier to replace

3/9/2006 10:58:50 AM

when i open PDFs by accident, I have a sudden urge to strangle every programmer at Adobe.

3/9/2006 11:02:24 AM

Quote :

"textpad you'll never go back to notepad ever again"

3/9/2006 11:06:28 AM

I have been tinkering with Alleycode for the past few days. Its pretty slick, and I like it. I make webpages, and such as a pastime, so I don't really need anything that cost, or that is a really powerful tool to facilitate coding.

3/9/2006 11:16:57 AM

I use Notepad2 for general things, its way better than plain old notepad

Then for anything Java related, Eclipse, and its free

If I could get the boss to pay for it, I'd use UltraEdit, and I fucking despise SlickEdit

3/9/2006 11:23:04 AM

Quote :

"SE also takes noticably longer to start up than notepad/textpad"

you are wrong there

3/9/2006 11:37:45 AM