Favorite Notepad Replacements…
I’m looking for a notepad replacement for my new Vista laptop. I’ve used them all. I’m wondering what others like and why. Please provide feedback. 
The notepad replacements I’ve used are:
I’m normally very opinionated about things. The fact that I haven’t picked one simple text editor and “claimed” it bothers me. Help me get a strong opinion for a good notepad replacement.
Just in case you’re wondering how I feel about other tools.
- Vim over emacs
- Eclipse over IntelliJ
- Groovy over Ruby
- Bud Light over Miller
- and the list goes on and on….
I pretty much pick a stance or favorite with everything.
Tags: editors, notepad replacements
January 17th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
What about Edit Plus?
http://www.editplus.com/
It is a great tool and I like using above all other notepad replacement apps.
January 17th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
NoteTabe Lite - Two thumbs up. Even has tabs.
As for me, Xemacs over both regular emacs and vi.
I must pass on the Ruby and Java stuff because those are two languages that I have never worked with. My wife is currently working with Java and some C++.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
thx for the 2 extra votes. i’ll try both out tomorrow when i’m in front of my windows machine.
Mark, you’re not gonna get me arguing vi over emacs. I like vi, and will leave it at that.
January 18th, 2008 at 4:58 am
Don’t worry because it would be a very short argument because I don’t really care about any of them. Long live Pico!!!!!
Sorry had to do it. lol
January 18th, 2008 at 7:19 am
UltraEdit. Not free, but inexpensive. Great editor with plugins for many languages. And you can edit remote files - great for editing server configs.
Or, you can just switch to a Mac and used TextMate
January 23rd, 2008 at 7:09 am
Ultraedit FTW! You’re a professional software developer. Quit being cheap with the tools. Same applies to Eclipse vs IDEA
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Tim… Just cuz you make the big bucks doesn’t mean you need to spend them on a friggin’ text editor.
What does UE offer that the offer editors I’ve listed doesn’t offer? Plz answer me that.
January 25th, 2008 at 8:07 am
If $50 is the “big bucks”, you need to ditch that sweatshop consulting gig and come back here
Ultraedit has a trial version. Give it a test drive. I’ve been using it now for eight years. Haven’t found anything else that comes close.
January 25th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Tim,
I tell you what… Bring me back as a Credera consultant and I’ll try/buy UltraEdit.
I’ll even use UltraEdit to edit your beautiful spring xml config files.
January 25th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Spring is sooooo last year. You’ll be editing Guice annotations.
January 28th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
I’m not believing you even made this blog entry. Something other than vi ? Has the world already come to an end ? I must be dreaming.
January 28th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Don’t think that I’m saying I don’t like vi….. I just need a windows editor… and I really need to let go of vi…. Damn! I can’t believe I just typed that.