best free text HTML/JavaScript/ASP/PHP/etc. editor?

[joshg]

Hey everyone, I'm looking for the best text editor to do my web programming in, any recommendations? All I am really looking for is color coded text, find/replace functions, line numbers, and that's pretty much it I think, anything else that could help would be nice... Anyone have a program they just love for this? Thanks!

 

[n0cmonkey]

I personally dont like it, but Im sure the emacs OS can do what you want. Some people say it has a nice text editor.

 

[nateholtrop]

notepad.

nate

 

[joshg]

lol... yeah I am already using notepad.. but it does not have two key feauters that I want, line numbers and color coding... hehe

On the other hand, the code editor of something like Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 is a lot like what I'm looking for possibly, but I just don't really need all the extra garbage, and I don't like how UD handles stuff sometimes (like when you do a save as on a file outside of the folder you are in, it replaces all of your links/images/etc. with file:///C:/blah blah blah )

anyone else? also, n0cmonkey, where can you find this "emacs OS" and what don't you like about it?

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< lol... yeah I am already using notepad.. but it does not have two key feauters that I want, line numbers and color coding... hehe

On the other hand, the code editor of something like Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 is a lot like what I'm looking for possibly, but I just don't really need all the extra garbage, and I don't like how UD handles stuff sometimes (like when you do a save as on a file outside of the folder you are in, it replaces all of your links/images/etc. with file:///C:/blah blah blah )

anyone else? also, n0cmonkey, where can you find this "emacs OS" and what don't you like about it? >>



I guess you havent heard of it.

Its not really an OS, its a joke because emacs can do ANYTHING. I saw a nice aol IM client through this "text editor". Anyhow, here is one place to check it out: Bewm. I bet there is a windows port somewhere...

 

[RSI]

Notepad for most hardcore html/whatever coders. But, for people who like a bit more power and options, there is a great program called EditPlus. It's easy to find, just do a search. I believe it's at version 2.0. You can download a trial or something. You can pay for the 'full' version or crack it, up to you. Personally I stick to Notepad.

-RSI

 

[notfred]

Editplus, it's shareware, with a $30 registration fee, but well worth it.

 

[gopunk]

<< notepad. >>



amen to that.

 

[joshg]

editplus looks like what I was after, thanks


and to all of you hardcore junkies out there who are advocating notepad, sure it's a decent program, but if you don't have time to go searching through many kb's of code, the color coding becomes a VERY nice feature, and for things like JavaScript, ASP, PHP, I KNOW that the line numbers help out a lot... AND, EditPlus has features where it find/replaces stuff in multiple files of whatever type in a directory... this stuff is for high-development where you need the features to save you time... sure notepad does great, but it definitely isn't the best, other features out there really do help

 

[rippy]

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[jjones]

i use editpad lite; much better than notepad and best of all it's freeware. another great freeware proggy to use if you want to test php on your box is called badblue.