Notepad++ and programmer's editors

Flynn Arrowstarr Regular Schmoe

I generally use PFE[^] for all-purpose file editing and reading. Of course, PFE hasn't been updated since 1999, but it works great even in Windows 7 64-bit. The main feature I like is it remembers where you left off in a file. Great for my game walkthrough files and general text editing (no syntax highlighting or Intellisense). For scripting (JavaScript/VBScript, PHP, etc.) I use SourceEdit[^]. No project management features or Intellisense, but lots of syntax highlighters are available. Both are free and work for everything I need. For anything heavy-duty, I use Visual Studio Express. :-\ Flynn

Mike Winiberg

I use SLickedit (in Brief mode, natch 8) ). I'm - very slowly - trying to fix the netbeans IDE so that it can be configured for Brief mode, and then I will probably go over to that entirely for Java/PHP/C++ on non-windows platforms, but stick with Slickedit, as Visual Studio's editor makes punched cards look efficient (and yes, I have used punched cards, and paper tape...)

User 2966909

I use ViM. It's simple, it's fast, it's scriptable, it's flexible, it's powerful, it's geek, it's cool, it's everywhere and it's charityware. The only problem is you need to learn a bit. But anything aside is just a toy.

Sami P

Try Sublime Text, you won't regret it. The way it handles multiple selections and the ease of creating plugins (through a simple python API) makes it the best tool in my setup, by far.

Hardik Varma

I've tried using both simultaneously in the past, and NP++ surpasses NP2 in every aspect for any task that I've thrown at the two of them (including reading plaintext files).

mrt_doulaty

I'm using it as an editor for typesetting TeX and LaTeX documents. It is better than any other editor for TeX, including commercial ones, like WinEdit.

Charles Keepax

Personally, I have always favoured Notepad++ and Ultraedit; they are both great editors. Lately I have been getting into Vim and finding it quite awesome. The learning curve is a nightmare, but its shaping up to be quite powerful. Still haven't decided if I would make it my go to editor yet though.

Nagy Vilmos

I use notepad++ day in, day out. You'll need to get it configured to suit you, but it is not a hard chore. Once you have it set up it is a very good code editor, WITH NO INTELISENSE! Woo hoo!

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MannatWork

I've been using Multi-Edit since before Windows - I'm actually still using a pre Win95 16-bit version :-\ and except for Visual Studio I have managed to stay pretty much ignorant of other editors. Having said that, I think it's the bee's knees, but of course, this old version is really showing its age. Even at that, the worst thing I can say about it is that an upgrade to the current version would cost $200 (essentially the new purchase price). The other thing is that it's strictly a Windows program. I've wondered about Jedit, which looks like it might have a lot in common with Multi-Edit, including a built-in macro language, but is available cross-platform. I could be tempted into using a program that works the same under both Windows and Mac OSX. Plus, it's even open-source and free. I just haven't had the motivation and time to dig into it. One big red flag for me with Jedit is is that it's written in Java, and most Java apps I've used exhibit some behaviors which are very jarring for a long-time Windows user (who hates having to reach for the mouse when editing text). Does anyone have any informed opinions on Jedit or any other similar cross-platform programmer's editors?

davidh1968

Another vote for UltraEdit. Wonderful multi-programming-language tool. Great for simple text file viewing/editing on up to projects, development, custom highlighting, etc. They constantly add features yet responsiveness rarely diminishes. I paid for the "lifetime upgrade" years ago and have never regretted it nor looked back. -David

John Perryn

TEXTPAD has the lot... http://www.textpad.com/