Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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?"

7 of 277 comments (clear)

  1. TextPad 32 by km790816 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I love this editor.

    Adds itself to the context menu in explorer so you can open anything in it.
    Supports huge files.
    Color codes C++, Java, etc.
    Handles indenting and word-wrap well.
    Has an 'always on top' feature.
    Easy to asign file associations from the UI.

    http://www.textpad.com

    --
    A speech...
  2. 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*

    --
    Everything in the Universe sucks: It's the law!
  3. ultraedit by repoleved · · Score: 5, Informative

    WWW.ULTRAEDIT.COM

    1. Re:ultraedit by erasmus_ · · Score: 5, Informative

      In addition to joining the other posts in praising this awesome text editor, I'm surprised no one has pointed out the helpful ability it has to replace the system Notepad program. Although other programs may have it, this is the only I've seen that gives you an executable to launch itself when someone specifically invokes Notepad instead of honoring your .txt or whatever file association. Easy instructions are in notepad.zip on their downloads page.

      --
      Please subscribe to see the more insightful version of th
  4. XEmacs by muon1183 · · Score: 5, Informative

    As an emacs user, I feel obliged to point out that xemacs is available for windows, and works quite well. It runs natively under windows, so you don't need to deal with cygwin or any of that (unless you want to, they do have a cygwin version available). And if you're a vi person, you can always run emacs in vi mode.

    --

    There's no sig like SIGSEG
  5. Emacs forever! by vsync64 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I use Emacs on *nix, Mac, and Windows. It works fine everywhere, which means 1 set of keybindings to remember, 1 macro language to learn, and 1 configuration to share between machines.

    One editor to rule them all, one editor to find them...

    --
    TO BUY A NEW CAR WOULD MAKE YOU SEXUALLY ATTRACTIVE.
  6. Visual Slickedit by ebbe11 · · Score: 5, Informative
    Pros:
    • Superb source code browser. The main reason why I bought Slickedit.
    • Runs on most OS'es including Linux and OS/390(!).
    • C-like macro-language
    • The people at Slickedit are very responsive if you're having trouble. This includes support as well as sales.
    Cons:
    • It costs money. A single user license is $299 in USA and Canada, $329 everywhere else.
    • No Mac version.
    See more at www.slickedit.com.
    Disclaimer: I use Slickedit eight hours a day but am in no other way affiliated with the company.
    --

    My opinion? See above.