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I'm looking for a text editor, does anyone have any recommendations? I won't be using it to program/compile/debug, Eclipse already handles all that perfectly. Its really going to be used for viewing source and occasionally writing/editing other files (eg SQL, simple HTML, JavaScript etc).

Requirements;

• Runs on Windows XP
• Free
• Lightweight (I don't want to wait 10s for it to load all its features, I just want to see the contents of the file and I want to see them right now)
• Syntax highlighting (for all the common file types, eg .java .sql .html .xml etc)
• Tabs
• No adverts/annoying 'donate to stop this message'

It would be nice to have an auto-format option with configurable style/format preferences开发者_运维问答, but this is not necessary.

I've tried the following;

• Textpad (isn't free)
• EditPadPro (isn't free)
• JEdit (too big a footprint, takes too long to load)

I'm trying Notepad++ but would welcome your experience.

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Notepad++ should be the right one.
Also try Emacs, it doesn't look native though (because when your code grows, regex based find would come handy, where Notepad++ doesn't do very well).

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I really like PSPad on Windows.

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I quite like Programmers Notepad, should cover everything you want.

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I've been using various "simple" text editors until I saw the light and started using Vim.

It takes some getting used to, but it's worth the effort.

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UltraEdit

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gVIM can be also a good option. Also for Windows.

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I am using Editplus

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See if you can manage to install Kate on Windows. Of course its possible. :)

Okay!! here you go, windows.kde.org.

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Notepad++ is good enough.

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Try to find a link to EditPlus version 2.21. It looks like the trial is limited but it's not. Been using it for years and I've found it's a lot better then ultra edit and all the lookalikes.

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NotePad Plus has some serious problems. Go To Line Number rarely works. Searching for text in a file didn't work for me either. JEdit Find In Files results are not presented well. EditPlus is not free. It still seems to me that TextPad is the best by far. Free for personal use. I once had an employer pay for a copy and I paid for a copy myself. Definitely worth it

OK, I just found the best one. Programmer's Notepad. Very good set of featuers and excellent color options for different source code elements.

http://www.pnotepad.org/

It passed all of my tests.

Eclipse may be OK as an editor but it is very buggy. If you are using it for development you will run into frustating problems. I have NOT found it to increase my productivity.

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Sublime Text is amazing. It does occasionally show a message for donation/payment but even with heavy usage, it is tolerable and rarely pops up. So I don't think it's an issue. It's free and and almost a perfect text editor and you're unlikely to ever complain about anything. Using it for 4-5 years already.