Well I have experimented with many text editors and finally I have found two of them to be really useful and effective –> Crimson Editor and Notepad++.
Both of them are obviously FREEWARES and have their own Pros and Cons but there is nothing better than these twos
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Let us make a quick Analysis on the features supported by both of them…
Features supported By both:
- Syntax highlighting for a large variety of languages including HTML, JS, JAVA, Pearl and more than 100 cofigured languages.
- Unlimited Undo/Redo Buffer
- Macro recording and Playbacks
- Tabbed editing for Multiple documents
- Printing codes with Syntax highlights [WYSIWYG print]
- Better Find and Replace feature including Regular expression
- Spell check
With these useful and MUST have features both of the editors have become leaders at their field. But there are some distinctions between them. Let us take a quick look on that
Unique feature supported by Crimson Editor:
The feature I like most is Auto Tabbing! Like if we press the Return [Enter] key after a curly bracket “{” then the next line in automatically tabbed to one unit. Obviously the rule continues for other successive curly brackets as well! Here is a screenshot to explain more
Unique feature supported by Notepad++:
The best and unbeatable feature is Plugin support! You can choose between many freely available plugins to power up your Notepad++ to the next level. You can choose from variety of plugins from here
Well thats it for now! If you ask me then I use Crimson Editor for writing JS and for other like HTML, CSS, XML I prefer Notepad++! Use them both to get the ultimate programming text editing power at your hand
Crimson Editor Link:
Homepage: Click Here
Download: Click Here
Notepad++ Link:
Homepage: Click Here
Download: Click Here
Plugin Page: Click Here
Please do tell me how you liked this twi text editor and also do share your experience
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Both are good tools, but I preffer using Notepad++. Cheers!
-richard
crimson editor is fast, small and has all the features I need for C++ dev work.
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how do you images or tables with these editors if you are using it for html? Ehmmm???
Using manual coding like:
There is no hard and fast way to do things like these. Personally I prefer manual/hand coding.
Sounds like these products are great… And free! Awesome. Keep them coming.
Crimson have a rich of full syntax highlighting for java codes , so i choose Crimson (migrate from notepad++)