Recommended Programming Editors

[jgbishop]

What programming editors do folks here use or know about? I like Visual SlickEdit, but the interface is a little clunky, although I admit that the version I have is a little old (7.0). I was wondering what I might be able to replace it with, free or otherwise.

Any suggestions? I'm currently trying Crimson Editor, but it seems to lack some handy features (like automatically inserting braces and parentheses).

 

[Crusty]

It depends on the language

 

[MrChad]

Eclipse/WebSphere Application Developer, Visual Studio

 

[agnitrate]

vim

 

[jgbishop]

I should mention that I would use the program to edit JavaScript, XUL and Perl files. So multiple language support would be great.

 

[uOpt]

There are others than Emacs? Death to vi. And to Visual Studio.

You should really post more about your preferences. This is the most matter-of-taste area right after which programming language. Death to Scheme, Common Lisp all the way!

 

[Armitage]

nedit

 

[jgbishop]

Originally posted by: MartinCracauer
You should really post more about your preferences. This is the most matter-of-taste area right after which programming language. Death to Scheme, Common Lisp all the way!

It's hard to say what my preferences are. I'd like to have auto-indent, auto-insertion of braces, and syntax highlighting. I don't care about syntax completion a whole lot.

 

[Nothinman]

gvim.

 

[cappsa]

pico

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Visual Studio .NET is the one I end up working in most often, but I've been playing around with others... I could use some suggestions too.

 

[duragezic]

gvim is great for smaller programs. Otherwise, I like JCreator, JEdit (I think this does more than just Java), or UltraEdit.

 

[edmicman]

I just learned of PSPad recently and now its my editor of choice. I LOVE the built in FTP integration. I use it for ASP and PHP.

 

[ttown]

I like the viPlugin for eclipse.
Version 0.something is free, but somewhat limited if you're a vi expert. If you like vi (like me), it has enough of the basics to be very useful

The later versions I've heard good things about, but cost money. Not terribly much, and well worth it if you use Eclipse and love vi.

I wish there was a vi/vim plugin for vb.net -- or is there? (I haven't searched in the last 6 months.)

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
gvim.

Seconded.