Comments on: Best Text Editor? http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/04/best_text_editor-2/ tips and downloads to help you at work and play Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:48:19 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dubai Boy http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/04/best_text_editor-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4152 Dubai Boy Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:09:07 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/04/30/best_text_editor-2.html#comment-4152 <p>I've tried pretty much most of them (listed above) - and they all have pluses and minuses and it's really hard to say which one wins (this will probably depend on what your priorities and requirements/needs are). TextPad is slick and fast but does not handle unicode well - this pretty much limit's for me. It's sort is faster than UltraPad's but again, if you have unicode in your data it's lost. UltraPad is a bit slower to open, but on the other hand handles unicode well. The same is with EmEditor, a bit slover to open but it actualy opens the files very fast. I am working with 400MB+ files so this is a very important feature. If you are a developer and looking for a nice code editor Coda is awesome, UltraEdit will do the job as well. NotePad++ is nice and promising, good luck working with large files though. Nice GUI though. So, to sum it up - it all depends (like this is something new)... Cheers, Amar</p> I’ve tried pretty much most of them (listed above) – and they all have pluses and minuses and it’s really hard to say which one wins (this will probably depend on what your priorities and requirements/needs are). TextPad is slick and fast but does not handle unicode well – this pretty much limit’s for me. It’s sort is faster than UltraPad’s but again, if you have unicode in your data it’s lost. UltraPad is a bit slower to open, but on the other hand handles unicode well. The same is with EmEditor, a bit slover to open but it actualy opens the files very fast. I am working with 400MB+ files so this is a very important feature. If you are a developer and looking for a nice code editor Coda is awesome, UltraEdit will do the job as well. NotePad++ is nice and promising, good luck working with large files though. Nice GUI though. So, to sum it up – it all depends (like this is something new)… Cheers, Amar

]]> By: simon http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/04/best_text_editor-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4151 simon Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:20:22 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/04/30/best_text_editor-2.html#comment-4151 <p>VOTE: Crimson Editor</p> VOTE: Crimson Editor

]]> By: poo http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/04/best_text_editor-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4150 poo Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:31:00 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/04/30/best_text_editor-2.html#comment-4150 <p>Vote: Xpad (for OSX) - it's brilliant!</p> Vote: Xpad (for OSX) – it’s brilliant!

]]> By: Dave from Albury http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/04/best_text_editor-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4149 Dave from Albury Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:07:36 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/04/30/best_text_editor-2.html#comment-4149 <p>Windows: Vote: Edit Pad Lite<br /> *nix: Vote Nano<br /> OS X: Vote: Sub Etha Edit</p> Windows: Vote: Edit Pad Lite
*nix: Vote Nano
OS X: Vote: Sub Etha Edit

]]> By: wook http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/04/best_text_editor-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4148 wook Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:59:03 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/04/30/best_text_editor-2.html#comment-4148 <p>Vote: UltraEdit</p> <p>Been using it for years... as well as tabs, and syntax highlighting, it also lets you group files into 'projects' which is handy when you want to open a bunch of related files at the same time.<br /> It's "Find In Files" function is superb allowing you to use Regex, and allowing you to do 'replaces' across multiple files (use with Caution!).<br /> I also like the 'column' select mode which is a handy way to copy and paste stuff out of the middle of a file. </p> Vote: UltraEdit

Been using it for years… as well as tabs, and syntax highlighting, it also lets you group files into ‘projects’ which is handy when you want to open a bunch of related files at the same time.
It’s “Find In Files” function is superb allowing you to use Regex, and allowing you to do ‘replaces’ across multiple files (use with Caution!).
I also like the ‘column’ select mode which is a handy way to copy and paste stuff out of the middle of a file.

]]> By: Garth http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/04/best_text_editor-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4147 Garth Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:47:49 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/04/30/best_text_editor-2.html#comment-4147 <p>VOTE: bbedit</p> VOTE: bbedit

]]> By: Jono http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/04/best_text_editor-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4146 Jono Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:33:07 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/04/30/best_text_editor-2.html#comment-4146 <p>Vote: Coda</p> <p>Almost the biggest reason why I eventually bought a Mac. Coda beautifully combines every tool a web coder/programmer needs.</p> Vote: Coda

Almost the biggest reason why I eventually bought a Mac. Coda beautifully combines every tool a web coder/programmer needs.

]]> By: Dave http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/04/best_text_editor-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4145 Dave Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:46:23 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/04/30/best_text_editor-2.html#comment-4145 <p>VOTE:Vim</p> VOTE:Vim

]]> By: Sam http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/04/best_text_editor-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4144 Sam Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:31:02 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/04/30/best_text_editor-2.html#comment-4144 <p>VOTE: PSPad</p> VOTE: PSPad

]]> By: Jon http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/04/best_text_editor-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4143 Jon Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:28:19 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/04/30/best_text_editor-2.html#comment-4143 <p>VOTE: Textpad</p> VOTE: Textpad

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