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.

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12 Responses to “Favorite Notepad Replacements…”

  1. letitrock Says:

    What about Edit Plus?
    http://www.editplus.com/

    It is a great tool and I like using above all other notepad replacement apps.

  2. Mark Says:

    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++.

  3. Erik Weibust Says:

    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. :)

  4. Mark Says:

    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

  5. Ryan Breidenbach Says:

    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 ;-)

  6. Tim Says:

    Ultraedit FTW! You’re a professional software developer. Quit being cheap with the tools. Same applies to Eclipse vs IDEA ;-)

  7. Erik Weibust Says:

    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.

  8. Tim Says:

    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.

  9. Erik Weibust Says:

    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.

  10. Tim Says:

    Spring is sooooo last year. You’ll be editing Guice annotations.

  11. Pete Carapetyan Says:

    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.

  12. Erik Weibust Says:

    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.

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