[Gape]

In fact, I don't like to add any 3-rd party program into the SP. But, Notepad is an exception. So, I wonder your opinion about Notepad replacements.

Thanks.

[Tihiy]

NotepadEx.

[Roving]

I prefer Editpad Lite because it makes the URL's clickable. Still free!


Roving

[breadandbubbles]

whats "patched notepad"?

[miko]

this kind of thing -
http://www.msfn.org/...showtopic=61806

ie the original notepad with a few useful hacks applied


PS my vote went to Metapad, its what i've used for ages (that and the shareware Textpad)

This post has been edited by miko: 05 December 2005 - 09:22 AM

[eidenk]

I like Editpad because it's tabbed and Edxor for... try it.

[ivman]

Gape, on Dec 5 2005, 06:54 AM, said:

In fact, I don't like to add any 3-rd party program into the SP. But, Notepad is an exception. So, I wonder your opinion about Notepad replacements.

Thanks.

I prefer NoteTab Light - http://www.notetab.com , but you could probably not add that to the SP. I use NoteTab almost exclusively. It has tabs, unlimited file size, many neat features which are customizable, and the tabs can be set to all reload when you open the program each time. So nice not to have to look for various files I'm working on or updating. It converts text to html in one click - great for stuff for my website - http://ivman.com

You can add whichever one you want to the SP. I'll probably not vote on this one.

ivman

[diesel_98a]

i switched over to notepad2 the other day, i like it a lot better than just notepad...........

[dirtwarrior]

I wish AbiWord was a choice. Very full featured.

[zeko]

they're all nice but i switched to metapad bacause it very efficient, small, fast, configurable, etc AND because it is one of the few text editors that can handle large files. try to open a completely exported reg file (35mb in my case) and you'll see what im talking about.

[Crash&Burn]

Wel I voted metapad since its my regular editor of choice, along w/ ConTEXT. But I'm not sure why you would want to include an editor in with your SP. I think editors are likely the most prolific software out there. And most everyone has a very distinct preference about what they like and want. If anything the most logical would be the patched Notepad, and leave further replacement to end user choice.

dirtwarrior, on Dec 5 2005, 02:31 PM, said:

I wish AbiWord was a choice. Very full featured.

Abiword is more of a Microsoft Word replacement - not notepad.

This post has been edited by Crash&Burn: 05 December 2005 - 03:25 PM

[MDGx]

I prefer Programmer's File Editor 32-bit (PFE32):
http://www.mdgx.com/toy.htm#TXT
but am also partial to CREdit + Programmer's Notepad (PN) [see URL above].

BTW:
98SE2ME installs PFE32 as Notepad replacement [option 5]:
http://www.msfn.org/...showtopic=46349

This post has been edited by MDGx: 05 December 2005 - 03:47 PM

[appp]

Yes it's better to leave the editor choice to the user.
Count me for NONE.

[ckit]

I use Editor2 (http://zabkat.com/) for quick or small jobs and PSPad (http://www.pspad.com/en/) for bigger jobs like editing my homepage.

[Molecule]

Notepad2 does search-and-replace with regular expressions ... an *indespensible* requirement for a text editor IMHO (in fact, for any editor ... )

[No6]

UltraEdit-32. Text/HEX Editor with some very good features and a few useless ones. In the last couple of versions it has been trying to become an all-in-one swiss-knife utility. Still my editor of choice though.

[krick]

appp, on Dec 5 2005, 06:33 PM, said:

Yes it's better to leave the editor choice to the user.
Count me for NONE.

I use UltraEdit myself so I don't see the point in including MetaPad or Notepad2 in SP2.

I see no harm in patching Notepad though.
For people who just like using good ol' Notepad, the patches are a welcome addition.

This post has been edited by krick: 06 December 2005 - 05:01 PM

[erpdude8]

Crash&Burn, on Dec 5 2005, 03:21 PM, said:

Wel I voted metapad since its my regular editor of choice, along w/ ConTEXT. But I'm not sure why you would want to include an editor in with your SP. I think editors are likely the most prolific software out there. And most everyone has a very distinct preference about what they like and want. If anything the most logical would be the patched Notepad, and leave further replacement to end user choice.

dirtwarrior, on Dec 5 2005, 02:31 PM, said:

I wish AbiWord was a choice. Very full featured.

Abiword is more of a Microsoft Word replacement - not notepad.

Abiword might be a good replacement for Wordpad or MS Word when working frequently with .DOC [Word Document] files. if Abiword can open Word documents created from Word 97/2000/2002/2003 then it can be a great alternative to using MS Word or Wordpad.

the WinXP version of Wordpad can properly open Word 97/2000 documents.

I also see no problem in patching Notepad. but change the version build number to reflect the minor changes made to Notepad [ex. Win98 has Notepad.exe 4.10.1998 w/out any changes/modifications to it]. after making a few changes or improvements to Notepad, change the version number of Notepad from build 1998 to 1999 > 4.10.1999.

[apathetic_loser]

I voted for Metapad, because that's my Notepad replacement of choice. I like to install it seperately though, so I'd almost rather have nothing at all. Eh, I won't mind however it turns out.

AbiWord in the SP, that's hilarious.

[atomizer]

spend money? > UltraEdit
free? > PSPad (http://www.pspad.com/)

i've found the latter to be a very good replacement for UltraEdit, except for its goofy column selection mode.