What's the next step above Notepad?

[Gaard]

Simple, but capable of inserting simple diagrams (.jpg) with text.

 

[corkyg]

Wordpad - standard in Windows since 95.

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Notepad can do it if you use HTML =/

 

[Psych]

Notepad -> Wordpad -> NotesPad -> Microsoft Office -> Open Office

 

[notfred]

I was thinking something completely different when I cam in here, something more along the lines of:

notepad -> editplus -> vi -> eclipse, or whatever editors you happen to like.

 

[drag]

Originally posted by: notfred
I was thinking something completely different when I cam in here, something more along the lines of:

notepad -> editplus -> vi -> eclipse, or whatever editors you happen to like.

vi can handle jpegs?

Maybe what your looking for isn't a text editor, text editor is only for editing text that's all. Vim is the best thing for text editing that I am aware of, but 1. it uses arcane dual modes (you navigate the cursor with hjkl; key presses and stuff like dd with delete lines etc etc then you press i to insert text...) for the interface. 2. doesn't handle jpegs to the best of my knowledge.

You could always go use stuff like latex or TeX or whatever (like using XML or HTML) to make exact formatting rules and then use that to render pdf's or something, but that's probably not what your looking for. People use stuff like that in publishing to get exact results. Good for technical documents though.

Word is probably going to be your best bet, otherwise. Use something like rich text formatting.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Editpad or NoteTab >> Notepad

 

[doornail]

Originally posted by: Psych
Notepad -> Wordpad -> NotesPad -> Microsoft Office -> Open Office

LOL so true.