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Marc.RR · 03-01-2007, 08:49

Best Text Editor - Windows : PSPad

PSPad editor is a freeware text editor and source editor for the Windows platform. First released in 2001, this software is produced by the single developer Jan Fiala. PSPad is designed as the universal GUI for editing many languages including PHP, Perl, HTML, and Java. It integrates the use of many project formats for handling and saving multiple files. Other features include autocompletion, tab, FTP client and find/replace using regular expressions. PSPad interface is based on the MDI with tabs for editing multiple files and better open document manipulation. This software doesn't need an installation and is semi-portable.

Click here to visit the PSPad official website.

Best Text Editor - Mac OS X : TextWrangler

TextWrangler is a popular text editor for Mac OS X from Bare Bones Software. It was originally a commercial product, but (beginning with version 2.0) has become the freeware alternative to their flagship editor, BBEdit, and the successor to their previous freeware editor, BBEdit Lite. Like BBEdit, TextWrangler is not a word processor and so lacks formatting and style options — it is limited to editing and manipulation of plain text, but while this limits desktop publications, it allows for much greater power and flexibility editing text. TextWrangler has features common to most text editors, such as syntax highlighting for various programming languages, a find and replace function, spell check, and file comparison. But TextWrangler also includes extensive scripting support using AppleScript, Python, Perl, Shell scripts, and BBEdit's native Text Factories. TextWrangler's find and replace allows the use of regular expressions, Python, Perl, and shell scripts can be run directly in the program. And TextWrangler provides numerous options for reformatting text. As with some other Mac editors, TextWrangler can read and save files in various encodings, including Unicode (various encodings), ASCII, Latin-1 and Latin-9. TextWrangler is intended for use by programmers, web designers, and others who spend time reading and writing source code.

Click here to visit the TextWrangler website.

Best WYSIWYG Editor - FCKeditor

FCKeditor is an open source WYSIWYG text editor that can be used in web pages. It aims to be lightweight without requiring much installation before use. It integrates with PHP, JavaScript, ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, Java, and ABAP. The FCK in FCKeditor stands for Frederico Caldeira Knabben, the creator of the editor. FCKeditor is compatible with most internet browsers which include: IE 5.5+ (Windows), Firefox 1.0+, Mozilla 1.3+ and Netscape 7+.

Click here to visit the FCKedtior website.

Feel free to provide opinions, request changes and what not.
I'd appreciate it if this thread could be stuck.

With Regards,
Marc O'Connor
Founder, RoboticRodeo.com

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Marc.RR Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In front of my mac. Posts: 78	Marc's List of the Best Editors Best Text Editor - Windows : PSPad PSPad editor is a freeware text editor and source editor for the Windows platform. First released in 2001, this software is produced by the single developer Jan Fiala. PSPad is designed as the universal GUI for editing many languages including PHP, Perl, HTML, and Java. It integrates the use of many project formats for handling and saving multiple files. Other features include autocompletion, tab, FTP client and find/replace using regular expressions. PSPad interface is based on the MDI with tabs for editing multiple files and better open document manipulation. This software doesn't need an installation and is semi-portable. Click here to visit the PSPad official website. Best Text Editor - Mac OS X : TextWrangler TextWrangler is a popular text editor for Mac OS X from Bare Bones Software. It was originally a commercial product, but (beginning with version 2.0) has become the freeware alternative to their flagship editor, BBEdit, and the successor to their previous freeware editor, BBEdit Lite. Like BBEdit, TextWrangler is not a word processor and so lacks formatting and style options — it is limited to editing and manipulation of plain text, but while this limits desktop publications, it allows for much greater power and flexibility editing text. TextWrangler has features common to most text editors, such as syntax highlighting for various programming languages, a find and replace function, spell check, and file comparison. But TextWrangler also includes extensive scripting support using AppleScript, Python, Perl, Shell scripts, and BBEdit's native Text Factories. TextWrangler's find and replace allows the use of regular expressions, Python, Perl, and shell scripts can be run directly in the program. And TextWrangler provides numerous options for reformatting text. As with some other Mac editors, TextWrangler can read and save files in various encodings, including Unicode (various encodings), ASCII, Latin-1 and Latin-9. TextWrangler is intended for use by programmers, web designers, and others who spend time reading and writing source code. Click here to visit the TextWrangler website. Best WYSIWYG Editor - FCKeditor FCKeditor is an open source WYSIWYG text editor that can be used in web pages. It aims to be lightweight without requiring much installation before use. It integrates with PHP, JavaScript, ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, Java, and ABAP. The FCK in FCKeditor stands for Frederico Caldeira Knabben, the creator of the editor. FCKeditor is compatible with most internet browsers which include: IE 5.5+ (Windows), Firefox 1.0+, Mozilla 1.3+ and Netscape 7+. Click here to visit the FCKedtior website. Feel free to provide opinions, request changes and what not. I'd appreciate it if this thread could be stuck. With Regards, Marc O'Connor Founder, RoboticRodeo.com

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