What text editor do you use?

[jonMEGA]

I'm looking for a good text editor for writing/editing php, html, and general text files. I would like something that has the numbered lines for debugging and troubleshooting and it would be nice if it had some sort of color coding (commented lines are different color than the rest). I been using DreamWeaver MX text editor but I want something that is a less resource hog.

What do you use ?

 

[smp]

Pico

 

[Mucman]

vim

 

[nord1899]

UltraEdit

 

[jonMEGA]

Originally posted by: Mucman
vim

Nice

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Originally posted by: jonMEGA
I'm looking for a good text editor for writing/editing php, html, and general text files. I would like something that has the numbered lines for debugging and troubleshooting and it would be nice if it had some sort of color coding (commented lines are different color than the rest). I been using DreamWeaver MX text editor but I want something that is a less resource hog.

jEdit

It's feature rich (including the edit modes/features you mention above), but it's Java-based, so it might not qualify as non-resource hoggy.

 

[lowtech1]

Jext - Available for Linux/Unix, Mac & Windows.

 

[JetsFanatic]

I use vi

 

[BDawg]

vi RULES

I've also used ultra edit, and it's nice.

 

[Entity]

nano.

 

[thawolfman]

Notepad

 

[bigrash]

I use EditPlus 2. It's nice and simple. It has the number lines you're looking for and all that other stuff.

 

[cessna152]

html-kit

I like this one.

 

[SherEPunjab]

Textpad!

nice, simple, gets the job done.

 

[Colt45]

edlin.

takin' it back to eighty-something.

 

[Yomicron]

TextPad is nice. But I usually just use pico or Notepad.

 

[SherEPunjab]

Originally posted by: Yomicron
TextPad is nice. But I usually just use pico or Notepad.

notepad sucks. I need proper word wrap, and the ability to see more than one file open at one time and to easily go between files. of course this is all in reference to site dev. Replace, macros, markings, and other basic functions are unbelievably useful features. Yeah, i know you can do it in Dreamweaver, and i use that too, but dreamweaver and other sthings like frontpage get on my nerves because i lose control.

 

[ChefJoe]

I use programmers file editor... oldie but goodie

view http://www.ideenreich.com/downloads/pfe.shtml

main site http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/

It even has a little button to go from numbered lines to not-numbered lines... handles multiple files... too bad it's not being updated, though I'm not certain what they'd do to it.

 

[Sid59]

TextPad

 

[Praetor]

In the WinXP environment, I use TextPad almost exclusively, except for the rare occasions when I use Word for it's slightly more understandable find/replace

In linux, I use vi or AbiWord.

 

[Platypus]

vi or pico

 

[bizmark]

Originally posted by: smp
Pico

 

[N8Magic]

Notepad.

 

[MrHappyMonkey]

Originally posted by: SherEPunjab
Textpad! nice, simple, gets the job done.

 

[bmd]

Originally posted by: bigrash9
I use EditPlus 2. It's nice and simple. It has the number lines you're looking for and all that other stuff.