tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post4110240296939699898..comments2023-03-30T01:53:44.203-07:00Comments on Retro Programming: Alternatives to Windows Notepad for ProgrammersJohn Metcalfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09108374348083307900noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-31105730125992976302013-10-08T13:50:20.126-07:002013-10-08T13:50:20.126-07:00Heaven's Notepad doesn't support Unicode.
...Heaven's Notepad doesn't support Unicode.<br />It's Michael Hardy's fraud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-72535170978486884092013-08-08T01:08:39.414-07:002013-08-08T01:08:39.414-07:00Emeditor is good, one allows to use VBS macro for ...Emeditor is good, one allows to use VBS macro for compile sourceantiseptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018128217752373876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-78972498124127108192012-05-05T13:37:56.934-07:002012-05-05T13:37:56.934-07:00Programmer's Notepad is very very fast - I'...Programmer's Notepad is very very fast - I'll take itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-56241725240792544012011-07-16T00:47:48.364-07:002011-07-16T00:47:48.364-07:00great !!!! i have no words to say about it we just...great !!!! i have no words to say about it we just love to play games only but game making ohh yes i saw at www.livetvonlinenews.com there is a clips about making of games how to build it anyway am just game lover only ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-23504474308803335412011-05-21T09:49:54.600-07:002011-05-21T09:49:54.600-07:00I use XCode, but it's OS-X only (it's actu...I use XCode, but it's OS-X only (it's actually an IDE but that just means you don't need a seperate compiler). Codeblocks for Windows and Linux.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-85450990493998327782011-04-05T21:07:48.967-07:002011-04-05T21:07:48.967-07:00I use vim, but I'm not religious about it.I use vim, but I'm not religious about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-65242838322699453012011-04-05T20:41:23.364-07:002011-04-05T20:41:23.364-07:00the os sounds like the real problem.the os sounds like the real problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-13286506730654419922011-04-05T04:50:53.529-07:002011-04-05T04:50:53.529-07:00Currently for me it's Notepad++, for these pre...Currently for me it's Notepad++, for these premium features in addition the "basic" ones:<br />- "Show White Space and TAB" (small dots or small arrows)<br />- word completion (default Ctrl-Enter, but I always switch that to Ctrl-Space)<br />- keystroke-macro recording, and ability to "execute until end of file"<br />- vertical block selection (Alt+Shift) - allows to Del or insert text in multiple lines simultaneously<br />- ability to remember spaces/tabs indentation mode choice and width on a per-language basis (e.g. for Makefiles)<br /><br />Important note: it uses (yuck) Comic Sans as default font for comments, but this can be overridden in settings ("Global font override" in "Style configurator...").akavelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-87695129267343773312011-04-03T09:52:57.969-07:002011-04-03T09:52:57.969-07:00Hello John,
Most of the time I end up using an ID...Hello John,<br /><br />Most of the time I end up using an IDE, but I think jEdit is great for Java and I use Portable Notepad++ for C# when I don't have Visual Studio installed.<br /><br />That said, I spend most of my time in Linux with Eclipse.The Evangelisthttp://theevangelisttech.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-30382951835664219282011-04-02T17:00:21.772-07:002011-04-02T17:00:21.772-07:00SlickEdit beats all of them. Costs money, but who ...SlickEdit beats all of them. Costs money, but who cares - it's the most important tool I use.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-37150494196468973802011-04-02T03:08:31.551-07:002011-04-02T03:08:31.551-07:00Hi John,
I agree with a few commenters... Where ...Hi John, <br /><br />I agree with a few commenters... Where is Emacs!? Back in my days of having a Windows machine at home and a Linux machine in the office, I had to find a cross-platform programming editor up to par. I had been forced to use vi in classes 3 years ago... And it didn't fit with me. I had tried Emacs... and didn't grok it. I settled for jEdit, was happy for a while.. Then tried emacs. Gave it a little time. Started to use to edit LaTeX, too. Started to integrate it in my life. Got proficient in writing in it, key commands are now like writing words, I don't even need to think. I wrote my own mode, for typesetting posts for mostlymaths.net (setting the right styles and image types, adding related posts and so on). <a href="http://www.mostlymaths.net/2010/12/emacs-30-day-challenge.html" rel="nofollow">I lived within emacs for 30 days</a>. I just can't use any other editor, unless I'm forced to do so...Ruben Berenguelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271991635456932663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-74953478647505143042011-04-01T14:21:50.495-07:002011-04-01T14:21:50.495-07:00The list of text editors is pretty endless, see he...The list of text editors is pretty endless, see here:<br /><br />http://www.texteditors.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl<br /><br />I like several but always fall back to "good old" TDE, which easily fits your (simplistic) requirements though it lacks some more advanced things. But hey, it's quite portable (DOS, Win, Linux), easy to use, and public domain! But note that it's console, not GUI-based. (Deal breaker? Doubt it.)<br /><br />http://www.texteditors.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?TDEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-32404370137105897462011-04-01T08:48:07.078-07:002011-04-01T08:48:07.078-07:00It's non-sensical for "windows" to f...It's non-sensical for "windows" to follow "upgrade" in a sentence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-18363343794737513532011-04-01T07:05:26.851-07:002011-04-01T07:05:26.851-07:00emacs, definitely. If you are a programmer, you o...emacs, definitely. If you are a programmer, you owe it to yourself to try to really learn emacs. It's fairly easy to start (you can treat it like notepad, for the most part), but as you start digging into it you discover why people are so fanatical about it.<br /><br />First, it's available everywhere. Which means that if next year you discover you need to work on sun workstations or OSX or win7 or linux or some obscure workstation OS, emacs will be there waiting for you.<br /><br />Second, it's *deeply* programmable. It's actually a lisp environment (though you don't need to know that to use it), with all but the most basic functionality written in (editable, accessible, commented) lisp. Which means that if you want it to do something it can't currently do, you can add that functionality. Even if it's quite complex.<br /><br />The lisp is machine-independent, so again, if you have to work in a different environment, all the functions you wrote can come with you.<br /><br />Third, people have been extending the functionality of emacs for literally decades, which means you probably won't actually have to write any lisp to do whatever obscure thing it is you want to do; it's already in there.<br /><br />Really. There's a web browser, an email client, a usenet client, an IRC client, support for various instant messaging protocols, tetris, and lots more, all built in elisp.<br /><br />But those are all secondary; the primary purpose of emacs is text wrangling, and it excels at it. Far more than any other editor I've ever used. The list of things emacs gives me that I can't live without grows by about 10% per year.<br /><br />For instance, incremental search. Hit ctrl-s (C^s in emacs speak), and start typing. emacs matches as you type. If you delete some of what you typed, emacs changes the search appropriately.<br /><br />Theres's rectangular selection. Regex-based search and replace. Commands can be bounded to specific regions. There's... the list is endless; I could keep typing this for hours.<br /><br />Put it this way. Until you've used emacs for about six months, you'll wonder why anyone ever cared about it. After about six months, you'll realize you're about twice as efficient as you were with normal editors, and getting better. And you'll be glad it's always there for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-52041095479430586182011-04-01T07:00:32.867-07:002011-04-01T07:00:32.867-07:00I like jEdit. Its' HyperSearch is probably on...I like jEdit. Its' HyperSearch is probably one of its best features.<br /><br />It also lets you configure multi-keystrokes for shortcuts which allows me to let it emulate WordStar control sequences (which gives you an idea of how old I am!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-4905742516721275592011-03-30T16:07:56.576-07:002011-03-30T16:07:56.576-07:00EmEditor is quite good too. It's lean, has a v...EmEditor is quite good too. It's lean, has a variety of plugins available, and it's quick to load up.X-Cubedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06588225606059532097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-60660063915410175052011-03-30T15:46:59.265-07:002011-03-30T15:46:59.265-07:00I have used SciTE in the past. I have actually add...I have used SciTE in the past. I have actually added a couple of features to it. The good thing about SciTE is that it is really light-weight, but that also means it doesnt have many features.<br /><br />Now I use Notepad++. This is a lot of plugins. I am considering move to something else though because its becoming too heavy. Load times are almost an issue.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09862280667593491014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-69275128032186699132011-03-29T18:41:12.570-07:002011-03-29T18:41:12.570-07:00I appreciate the time and effort you've put in...I appreciate the time and effort you've put in to search the right and efficient replacement for Windows notepad and listing some of the best ones in this post. I prefer using Notepad++ for the simple reason that I am used to it. This list is a great help to me for reference when required. Bookmarked, RTed. Thanks for sharing :)ramaraobobbyhttp://www.tech-wonders.com/2011/03/access-your-important-files-more-quickly-with-windows-search-4-0/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-69336854064513521702011-03-27T16:38:47.223-07:002011-03-27T16:38:47.223-07:00GVIM. Works on Windows, Mac, Linux, and more. Th...GVIM. Works on Windows, Mac, Linux, and more. There's also a pure terminal interface available if you're working in that fashion. Comes with dozens of syntaxes built in by default. Learning curve's entertaining, but once you get past that, it makes life unbelievably simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-11938481767648228232011-03-27T10:25:17.318-07:002011-03-27T10:25:17.318-07:00I've settled with conTEXT since I was young an...I've settled with conTEXT since I was young and fell in love with the syntax highlighting while playing with Unreal Tournament 2004 mods. The thing I like most about it is that when going between lines it doesn't change the cursors position, and you can delete/paste parts of multiple lines at once.SergeDavidhttp://blog.knolif.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-61998117445761295822011-03-21T10:14:42.270-07:002011-03-21T10:14:42.270-07:00I've been used EditPlus for years. Quality st...I've been used EditPlus for years. Quality stuff, although it's $35 for a single user license.<br /><br />http://www.editplus.com/Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-68279141459827321942011-03-20T19:22:55.446-07:002011-03-20T19:22:55.446-07:00if your gonna go down the Zed road, FTE beats it h...if your gonna go down the Zed road, FTE beats it hands downAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-42388818781915857712011-03-19T00:19:58.086-07:002011-03-19T00:19:58.086-07:00Hi,
I like QEdit and mcedit. Both work well. An...Hi,<br /><br />I like QEdit and mcedit. Both work well. Another one that works on certain systems is zed (it can be safely considered a QEdit clone for linux only).Mar Matthias Darinhttp://matthias.tanaya.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-31310739561753033992011-03-18T02:21:22.049-07:002011-03-18T02:21:22.049-07:00It's ok to omit emacs - but vim? Vim is the ed...It's ok to omit emacs - but vim? Vim is the editor you want. The one and only :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757118446768919900.post-22341355791994842992011-03-17T21:33:40.574-07:002011-03-17T21:33:40.574-07:00+.5 for UltraEdit if you can afford it - does it a...+.5 for UltraEdit if you can afford it - does it all<br />+1 for Notepad++ if you can't afford UE - 75% of the functionality for free<br />+2 for Metapad as notepad replacement - fast, simple and freeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com