June 15, 2005
Windows Text Editors
I’m looking for a Text Editor for Windows that can come close to BBEdit.
One feature I would like is the ability to use FTP from the text editor - that is, I can open and save files using FTP. Preferably SFTP!
I found one that could sort of do that recently (FTP, not SFTP), but the app constrains all its windows to the master window. (Like PowerPoint, unlike Word.) Argh! I hate when apps do that. That’s so Windows 3.1!
Do you have any favorite text editors to recommend?
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7 Comments to “Windows Text Editors”
June 16th, 2005 at 12:48 am
I use SuperEdi because it’s free, light-weight and simple. It’s very lacking on things such as syntax highlighting, but other than that, it’s “good enough”(TM). It has non-secure FTP support, although I’ve never tried it since I use rsync for that.
June 16th, 2005 at 11:54 am
I’d suggest UltraEdit, http://www.ultraedit.com
UE does FTP/SFTP and has all the other editing good-bits one would expect. Payware, but worth it.
OTOH, you might look into Emacs on Windows, if you’re comfortable with Emacs.
June 16th, 2005 at 4:42 pm
You can also checkout EditPlus - http://www.editplus.com, really nice light weight editor and doesn’t cost much.
June 17th, 2005 at 2:23 am
jedit
jedit.org
tons of great plug-ins including exactly what your asking for and a lot more I can’t live without it. First thing I do onsite is grab jedit and my macro’s off my server to do anything.
June 20th, 2005 at 12:43 pm
Before I moved to OS X I used NoteTab Pro on Windows. Great application that makes BBEdit look like a rip off! It is only $20.00 and you can download it to try it out first.
June 21st, 2005 at 9:54 pm
Thanks everyone!
September 28th, 2005 at 2:29 pm
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