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    bryce wrote:

    officeworks sells plenty ;)

    Only a Kiwi would shop at Officeworks for software.

    bryce wrote:

    get your stingey arse down there convict

    You get to talk when them All Blacks have some idea on how to play Rugby!

    Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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    bryce
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    Michael Martin wrote:

    You get to talk when them All Blacks have some idea on how to play Rugby!

    righto win one game and you think you're the ducks nuts - auckland game is yet to come young man Bryce

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      I know this has been posted a thousand times by different people, but I didn't need one at those times hence paid no attention. I want an editor that is reasonably light weight, runs on Vista and is capable of handling Unix text files. What recommendations do y'all have?

      Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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      Bassam Abdul Baki
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      UltraEdit[^]


      "We're drowning in information and starving for knowledge." - Rutherford D. Rogers Web - Blog - RSS - Math - LinkedIn - BM

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      • B Bassam Abdul Baki

        UltraEdit[^]


        "We're drowning in information and starving for knowledge." - Rutherford D. Rogers Web - Blog - RSS - Math - LinkedIn - BM

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        Paul Conrad
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        That is a good one, too. Haven't used in a few years though.


        "I've seen more information on a frickin' sticky note!" - Dave Kreskowiak

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        • L Lost User

          I know this has been posted a thousand times by different people, but I didn't need one at those times hence paid no attention. I want an editor that is reasonably light weight, runs on Vista and is capable of handling Unix text files. What recommendations do y'all have?

          Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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          pmpdesign
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          Editpad

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            I know this has been posted a thousand times by different people, but I didn't need one at those times hence paid no attention. I want an editor that is reasonably light weight, runs on Vista and is capable of handling Unix text files. What recommendations do y'all have?

            Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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            Greg 0
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            Notepad++[^] is also a good alternative. Has the advantage of also being free.

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            • L Lost User

              I know this has been posted a thousand times by different people, but I didn't need one at those times hence paid no attention. I want an editor that is reasonably light weight, runs on Vista and is capable of handling Unix text files. What recommendations do y'all have?

              Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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              Tony Rietwyk
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              Notepad 2 is an excellent utility. It can handle Windows / Mac and Unix line endings.

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              • L Lost User

                I know this has been posted a thousand times by different people, but I didn't need one at those times hence paid no attention. I want an editor that is reasonably light weight, runs on Vista and is capable of handling Unix text files. What recommendations do y'all have?

                Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                nrkn
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                Notepad++

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                  I know this has been posted a thousand times by different people, but I didn't need one at those times hence paid no attention. I want an editor that is reasonably light weight, runs on Vista and is capable of handling Unix text files. What recommendations do y'all have?

                  Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                  Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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                  Michael Martin wrote:

                  and is capable of handling Unix text files

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                  • L Lost User

                    I know this has been posted a thousand times by different people, but I didn't need one at those times hence paid no attention. I want an editor that is reasonably light weight, runs on Vista and is capable of handling Unix text files. What recommendations do y'all have?

                    Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                    Bronny Squire
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                    I toggle between TextPad v4.4.0 and EditPlus v2.11. TextPad is great for "Find in File" searches, but I love EditPlus for most other things, because it's neat, configurable and particularly as it has an FTP client built in so you can edit files remotely and save back automatically. And I constantly do work with files from UNIX, both seem to work well.

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                    • E Ed Poore

                      SciTE[^], beauty is it doesn't need to be installed, all config files are in the same directory.  There is even a single executable version so you only need one file.


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                      Raj Lal
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                      just installed (extracted it) it in vista wtf with the horizontal scrollbar in SciTE? i am not finding it beautiful at all , personally i hate to see scrollbars where it is not required

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                        I know this has been posted a thousand times by different people, but I didn't need one at those times hence paid no attention. I want an editor that is reasonably light weight, runs on Vista and is capable of handling Unix text files. What recommendations do y'all have?

                        Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                        leppie
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                          I know this has been posted a thousand times by different people, but I didn't need one at those times hence paid no attention. I want an editor that is reasonably light weight, runs on Vista and is capable of handling Unix text files. What recommendations do y'all have?

                          Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                          dazfuller
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                          PSPad is the way forward, It's among the first things I install on any PC I'm going to use

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                          • Steve EcholsS Steve Echols

                            I've been pretty happy with Notepad++[^]


                            - S 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!

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                            mrwh
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                            I third that - Notepad++ works well for me too.

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                              I know this has been posted a thousand times by different people, but I didn't need one at those times hence paid no attention. I want an editor that is reasonably light weight, runs on Vista and is capable of handling Unix text files. What recommendations do y'all have?

                              Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                              TechyPol
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                              Editplus is the best IMO

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                                I know this has been posted a thousand times by different people, but I didn't need one at those times hence paid no attention. I want an editor that is reasonably light weight, runs on Vista and is capable of handling Unix text files. What recommendations do y'all have?

                                Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                                KLMR
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                                So what about GVIm? I use that exclusively. It could be said that all the other editors mentioned here merely emulate subsets of GVIm while GVIm is no more heavyweight than them.

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                                  just installed (extracted it) it in vista wtf with the horizontal scrollbar in SciTE? i am not finding it beautiful at all , personally i hate to see scrollbars where it is not required

                                  Omit Needless Words - Strunk, William, Jr.


                                  Vista? Photoshop Preview Handler

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                                  HuntrCkr
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                                  Beautiful? Beautiful?! If you are looking for a text editor to look beautiful, your looking at the wrong thing. How does it handle very large text files... That's an important feature. How well does it do syntax highlighting on multiple formats... That's very important. Can you add support for your own formats, or make changes to existing formats without needing the source code? That's an extremely nice feature! And good to know SciTE has it. A text-editor should be all about simplicity, quick to use keyboard shortcuts and support for syntax highlighting without being slowed down at all. I can't say that I have tried any other of the replacements mentioned here, simply because I have been using SciTE for nearly 3 years now. There may be prettier and even better text editors recommended here, but saying that there is something wrong with SciTE is way off base. It does it's job, and does it very well :) If your looking for pretty, maybe get yourself the newest version of MS Office and use Word as your text editor... I assure you, it works as well, and looks very pretty while doing it ;P Sebastian Schocke Senior System Architect South Africa Professionals built the Titanic, Amateurs built the Ark. Think about it

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                                  • Steve EcholsS Steve Echols

                                    I've been pretty happy with Notepad++[^]


                                    - S 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!

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                                    wout de zeeuw
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                                    I fifth that. :rolleyes:

                                    Wout

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                                      I know this has been posted a thousand times by different people, but I didn't need one at those times hence paid no attention. I want an editor that is reasonably light weight, runs on Vista and is capable of handling Unix text files. What recommendations do y'all have?

                                      Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                                      The_Great_Gonzo
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                                      Hi Have you considered VIM. It is an excellent editor that can be extended as you need??

                                      Oh, uh, good question. Now technically speaking, uhh, let's say, put me down as a... 'Whatever'?

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                                        I know this has been posted a thousand times by different people, but I didn't need one at those times hence paid no attention. I want an editor that is reasonably light weight, runs on Vista and is capable of handling Unix text files. What recommendations do y'all have?

                                        Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                                        LFirth
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                                        I been using Crimson Editor for about 7 years!! Love the thing... think the guy stopped developing a couple of years ago, but made it open source when he stopped so anybody can do whatever with it. Nice, easy to use, text looks cool (syntax highlighting), customisable (macros), handles unix & windows text files, and tabbed interface for multiple files. Infact, it's on my swiss-army-usb-stick, since I can't carry visual studio/eclipse with me always! :) Tiny footprint and not resource heavy either. Even though it hasn't been updated recently - still beats the pants of alot of the editors available at the minute. http://www.crimsoneditor.com/

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                                          I know this has been posted a thousand times by different people, but I didn't need one at those times hence paid no attention. I want an editor that is reasonably light weight, runs on Vista and is capable of handling Unix text files. What recommendations do y'all have?

                                          Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                                          I use Vim for my text editor of choice. If your already comfortable with VI modal editing then Vim is a great tool. If your not then the question is how much are you willing to put into making editing easier. VI and Vim are a pain to learn how to use, but to this day I find CUA (Windows normal) editors so difficult to use that I have Vim install on my machine at work and home. I even use ViEmu [^]in Visual Studio. Before the flame war erupts, no I am not crazy. Yes I am a Unix Hacker from the days when that was a compliment. No I don't need you to explain to me how to use a mouse, Visual Studio CUA, etc, etc. Unlike most people who think VI users just don't get it I have learned to use CUA editors. I have even customized my Visual Studio key binding, templates, and such. I still find modal editing much easier to use. For those who have not learned it, my advice is stick with CUA. It takes a couple of months of practice to become proficient with VI and probably 18 months to really get good. I will simply point out that in my case I have already paid that price. I get things done so much more smoothly in VI that it is painful for me to use anything else.

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