Looking for a Small and Free Text Editor

Barry Lapthorn

http://www.scintilla.org[^] and then http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html[^] B.

Jeremy Falcon

Dean `Karnatos` Michaud wrote: I've been using UltraEdit X| It's always been a hyped-up knock-off of real editors, and that has left a bad taste in my mouth for it since the beginning. Dean `Karnatos` Michaud wrote: but they can not afford UltraEdit themselves. I understand having a budget, but it's only $35 a person. How's that too expensive? Dean `Karnatos` Michaud wrote: Does anyone know of a free alternative to UltraEdit? The main feature that I'm looking for is the ability to open a document via FTP, and when you "save" it uploads the new version to the ftp site. I would strongly recommend HomeSite, but that cost more than UltraEdit. Jeremy Falcon Imputek "Oh no there was a knife in that kitchen drawer and I cut myself - please remove the kitchen." - David Wulff

Dean Michaud

Jeremy Falcon wrote: I understand having a budget, but it's only $35 a person. How's that too expensive? Well, a couple of the guys writing content are still in high-school (grade 10). Being a software engineer, I have no problem getting the $$ to snag a copy of UltraEdit myself, but I dunno if they even have after-school jobs themselves. By the time they seem to spend on IRC, I am guessing they don't however! Yeah, HomeSite is a nice tool too, but the goal for me was to get a cheap-yet-functional tool for the job. Most of the guys volunteering on the site just bought UE too, because it *is* cheap. Might not be the best tool, but bang-for-your-buck-wise, it works great! : Dean 'Karnatos' Michaud

Navin

Notepad. :rolleyes::-D:laugh: Actually, I believe there is a Windows port of Emacs. Not sure where to get it, but I bet a Google search of Emacs will pop something up. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Dean Michaud

Hey, not a bad idea! It's been... ooof... years since I've used Emacs. I'll check the Win port of it to see if it'll fit their needs. My fear, though, it that it's going to be larger than it needs to be, since Emacs does do EVERYTHING! It might also be more complicated than it needs to be for the use it'll serve, we'll see. Thanks though :) : Dean 'Karnatos' Michaud

Joao Vaz

I personally use GVIM 6.1 (Vi Improved),very powerfull, free , easy customizable with scripts(there are a lot of them), plugin architecture,syntax highlighting for more than 100 languages , integration with Visual Studio,different compiler support, ole support ,powerfull regular expressions of course, blah, blah ... I gave up of using UltraEdit, I tried but VIM is much more powerfull and it's free. It don't use tabs , but you can split the windows at your wish with :sp and :vsp (split and vertical split) commands. www.vim.org[^] In the Vim editor just type :help ftp Or if you are even more hardcore than me just try emacs or xemacs ;P Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9

Paul Riley

Programmers File Editor[^] is better than most of the ones you'd pay for in my humblest opinion. Check out the rating on Download.com Paul Why don't you take a good look at yourself and describe what you see - Led Zeppelin, Misty Mountain Hop

brianwelsch

CoffeeCup FTP [^] has an enhanced text editor(HTML, perl, php), and allows you to save to remote. I've had some trouble with passive transfer, but other than that its worked just fine. $30, though. (free-30 day) BW The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to talk, mad to live, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding. - Jack Kerouac

Paul Watson

Jeremy Falcon wrote: but it's only $35 a person. How's that too expensive? $35 can be quite prohibitive to someone not earning dollars. $35 is R350 which is two tanks of petrol or 3 good meals for two. You can buy 3 good books for that as well. 35 lots of $35 makes up my monthly salary (before tax, car payments etc.) Also you don't want to pay $35 and then find the app is no good (refunds are never fun.) And in places like India I am sure $35 is worth even more than here.

Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

Philip Fitzsimons

write your own - so much more fun making up your own keyboard layout :) that of just use "copy con" - hey if you can't get it right first time, why bother :-D

"When the only tool you have is a hammer, a sore thumb you will have."

Daniel Turini

Real programmers code like this: copy con doom.exe My latest articles: Desktop Bob - Instant CP notifications XOR tricks for RAID data protection

Davide Pizzolato

http://www.crimsoneditor.com/[^]

ColinDavies

Daniel Turini wrote: Real programmers code like this: copy con doom.exe I'm sure not many real programmers exist then. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.

Alvaro Mendez

Thanks for the link. It's a nice editor. Regards, Alvaro Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein