Good programmer's text editors [freeware & payware]
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:33 am
[Mod note: edited OP subject for the sake of topic clarity -- original was "I'm looking for a very good programmer's editor"]
Subject line says most of it. I need a good programmer's editor that is portable, and money is no obstacle. I'm mainly interested in the following features:
- Windows platform
- Syntax highlighting, lets me define my own (for when Python3000 comes around and messes up the old syntax highlighters)
- Smart indenting, will emulate tabs with spaces
- At least rudimentry project management - must remember files, etc. but custom per-project compile/build macros are a plus
- Code folding is a plus but not necessary
- Scripting engine is also a plus but not necessary
- In-window command prompt a huge plus but not necessary
Suggestions for me to learn VI, Emacs, etc. will be politely ignored. I know vim, thank you very much, but I'm looking for something more Windows-y. (Vim complaint #1 - too many keystrokes to start a search & replace...)
I understand that UltraEdit is good, and pretty affordable at $40. What's your opinion of this one?
I used to use Visual SlickEdit (around version 4 IIRC) but stopped because it was pretty pricey - is it still good? It supported most of these, even from USB, but it was not easy to define new syntax highlighters.
I tried Zeus a couple years ago, and it royally screwed up my file associations, a condition which was NOT remedied by uninstalling. NOT GOOD.
Thanks!
Jeremy
Subject line says most of it. I need a good programmer's editor that is portable, and money is no obstacle. I'm mainly interested in the following features:
- Windows platform
- Syntax highlighting, lets me define my own (for when Python3000 comes around and messes up the old syntax highlighters)
- Smart indenting, will emulate tabs with spaces
- At least rudimentry project management - must remember files, etc. but custom per-project compile/build macros are a plus
- Code folding is a plus but not necessary
- Scripting engine is also a plus but not necessary
- In-window command prompt a huge plus but not necessary
Suggestions for me to learn VI, Emacs, etc. will be politely ignored. I know vim, thank you very much, but I'm looking for something more Windows-y. (Vim complaint #1 - too many keystrokes to start a search & replace...)
I understand that UltraEdit is good, and pretty affordable at $40. What's your opinion of this one?
I used to use Visual SlickEdit (around version 4 IIRC) but stopped because it was pretty pricey - is it still good? It supported most of these, even from USB, but it was not easy to define new syntax highlighters.
I tried Zeus a couple years ago, and it royally screwed up my file associations, a condition which was NOT remedied by uninstalling. NOT GOOD.
Thanks!
Jeremy