Advice requested - text editor

[andrewducker]

I'm running Windows and looking for a notepad replacement.  It needs to do the simple stuff really simply, and I don't really have a massive use for complex stuff.  But it should be able to open unix text files without a problem, do find/replace, etc.  If it's scriptable that's a bonus (so I can do a series of finds/replaces in one go) but not essential.

Any suggestions?

Comments

[robhu.livejournal.com]

GNU Emacs.

[andrewducker]

With nice menus, and popup dialogs to talk me through things, and no having to remember any shortcut keys unless I really want to.

[robhu.livejournal.com]

Oh. I didn't realise those were part of your requirements.

In that case you want XEmacs.

[red-phil.livejournal.com]

seconded

[robhu.livejournal.com]

The motion is carried.

Andrew Ducker, I hereby sentence you to a life of using (whichever flavour you prefer) of Emacs.

[andrewducker]

Right, that's it, I'm switching to vi.

[robhu.livejournal.com]

That thing I said earlier? Yeah, I'm recanting it.

[andrewducker]

Well, it's a step up from emacs :->

[poisonduk.livejournal.com]

ROFLMAO. I challenge you to use vi for a month without cursing or swearing!

[dreema.livejournal.com]

i like vi

mind you, i was brought up on it. that and ada

[nmg.livejournal.com]

Oh come on! Are you a man or not?

M-x mock-user

[andrewducker]

I'm a _very lazy_ man.

[miramon.livejournal.com]

NoteTab Pro

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

seconded and thirded -- fabulous, I do most of my writing in it now.

[avatar.livejournal.com]

you can't second AND third something

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

just watch me :)

[poisonduk.livejournal.com]

crimson editor.It's what I use in the office - freeware and includes FTP capabilities and also highlights different parts of a command using different colours.

[andlosers.livejournal.com]

Seconded. I wrote most of the versions of Elgg in Crimson, and it performed really well. Although I've moved to Eclipse for coding (and I should say, haven't coded the bulk of anything myself for over a year and a half now) I still use Crimson for day-to-day tasks. Easy to use and not ubergeeky, while being scriptable and powerful.

[drplokta]

Edlin is still included with Windows. What more do you need?

Otherwise, I second miramon's suggestion, while noting the existence of a free version, Notetab Light.

[despotliz.livejournal.com]

I use Programmer's Notepad.

[johncoxon.livejournal.com]

WordPad.

[robhu.livejournal.com]

What you really want is TextMate, but that's not available on Windows. As they say: "TextMate on Windows would be like driving a Ferrari on a road full of huge potholes. What’s the point?"

[the-locster.livejournal.com]

http://www.textpad.com/

[avatar.livejournal.com]

seconded

[johnbobshaun.livejournal.com]

Textpad (although if has nag messages if you don't buy it), Notepad++ and Notepad 2. The latter are pretty similar and pretty much notepad with knobs on (syntax highlighting and whatnot).

Otherwise: vim vim vim vim vim vim vim vim vimmity-vim, wonderful vim.

[akicif.livejournal.com]

Textpad does clever regexp stuff across entire directory trees (back in 2000 I used it to restyle a 9kpage website in under a week) - it's also got some nice extensions.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Textpad.

[khbrown.livejournal.com]

Scite, which has a stand alone 500K version that runs nicely of a memory stick, has various syntax highlightings, Unix / Mac / Windows CR/LF options, and regex find and replace.

[drdoug.livejournal.com]

I use Scite. Not a lot these days, but I do use it.