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Recommended Text Editors for Win32?

Posted by Cliff on from the vi-emacs-and-notepad.exe-are-not-valid-choices dept.

Dave asks: "I must us a Windows machine at work where I do web development and system administration. I have been looking for a "decent" editor to use on Windows, but thus far have come up short. GVim doesn't do it for me, on linux it's fine, but on Windows it isn't the most stable thing around. I've also tried Windows versions of MicroEmacs and Vile. What do other Slashdot users develop in when they must use a Windows machine?"

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  1. Development tools under Windows by eyepeepackets · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...What do other Slashdot users develop in when they must use a Windows machine?"

    First I develop a migrane, then I use lots of tequila. Works every time.

    *comf*

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  2. Re:Notepad by Telecommando · · Score: 3, Funny

    BAH! You kids and your fancy editors.

    In my day we used edlin AND WE LIKED IT!

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  3. You wuss. by FreeLinux · · Score: 3, Funny

    Real men only use Edlin.

  4. Re:Notepad by mmaddox · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pussy. I always used copy con and got it right the first time. :)

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  5. Re:ultraedit by Qrlx · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm not saying it's a good thing, but Windows File Protection can be overriden in the registry, and the whole concept is to prevent people, by which I mean users, from trying to see the Secret Message from Bill Gates that only shows up if you del *.dll in C:\Windows.

    Why is notepad a protected file? Hell, why is calc.exe a protected file? That's what I'd like to know.