Minor rant...text editors

[conjur]

Why can't text editors provide column-based copy/paste??

Many times I'd like to cut and paste a column of data but ya just can't do it with most text editors.

waaaaaahhhh...

 

[shekondar]

Try TextPad. Ctrl-Q, then B (or right-click and select Block Select mode).

 

[DnetMHZ]

I use GWD text editor.. and the column select comes in handy a lot!

 

[conjur]

Do those offer syntax highlighting for, say, JScript files?

 

[DnetMHZ]

Originally posted by: conjur
Do those offer syntax highlighting for, say, JScript files?

yes it does.. here is a LINK

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: dnetmhz

Originally posted by: conjur
Do those offer syntax highlighting for, say, JScript files?

yes it does.. here is a LINK

Ah...not freeware, though.

I've been mostly using ScriptPad lately.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: conjur
Ah...not freeware, though.

You get what you pay for. BBEdit also lets you do rectangular text selections.

 

[conjur]

Remember the days of DOS and Brief?   Brief rocked!

 

[DnetMHZ]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: dnetmhz

Originally posted by: conjur
Do those offer syntax highlighting for, say, JScript files?

yes it does.. here is a LINK

Ah...not freeware, though.

I've been mostly using ScriptPad lately.

It was worth the $29 to me.. or if you don't mind a nag screen the shareware doesn't expire (but you didn't hear that from me)

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: dnetmhz

It was worth the $29 to me.. or if you don't mind a nag screen the shareware doesn't expire (but you didn't hear that from me)

<---- lifts an eyebrow


hmmmm

 

[ZOXXO]

Check out Crimson Editor. Free and full featured.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: ZOXXO
Check out <a class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.crimsoneditor.com/" target=blank>Crimson Editor</A>. Free and full featured.

Looks good so far.

Thanks, ZOXXO.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: conjur
Remember the days of DOS and Brief?   Brief rocked!

Amen brother! First thing I do after installing Visual Studio on a new machine is set the editor to Brief emulation.

And one reson I've never gotten around to buying another text editor for non-C++ work is that <rant> none of them get the semantics for numpad + copy right! They let it work after you select text, but don't also have it copy the current line if no selection </rant>

 

[conjur]

Yeah...Brief was awesome...and quite configurable. We had an extensive set of Brief macros setup.

But, this Crimson Editor seems ok...will probably switch to it. That bunny face cracks me up when I <Alt>-<Tab>

 

[bunker]

Textpad does color coding and block select and is shareware that is only minimally annoying about registering.