Text - Editors (32)

@FileHandler: It would be helpful -- at least for me -- if you could document your findings and settings in CudaText's forum topic... TiA

@Midas: Will happily do it, just give me a few days...

For more languages : https://sourceforge.net/projects/cudatext/files/addons/translations/

@hamasaki
Opening the download page of EmEditor automatically starts downloading the installers (x32 or x64 depending on user's system). I added direct download links to portable versions.

@smaragdus: my fault, thanks for fixing that

Thanks guys.

It doesn't have functionality far in advance of other editors, but the interface is great. There are big, clear icons, themes, easy tabbed interface, and a really smooth options menu. If you think text editors are supposed to be functional rather than friendly, this might not be your cup of tea. Otherwise...

Nice. The best text compare Ive ever seen. And mainly because of the trim-left/right.

Hi all,

Yes, Great editor !!! BUT:

Although it says compatible with Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 version v18.2.1 is NOT compatible with (at least) Win XP SR3 (which I still use).

I wrote to support@texteditor.pro but no reply as yet.

Anybody has a cure ? a Work Arounfd ? (it may be some useless DLL, for example...)

TIA,

EitanG

If you want small startup time, good one is CudaText, starts fast, less exe size.

RJ Text Editor isn`t portable:
AppData\Roaming\RJ TextEd\Scripts\*

This program seems to have a huge file-size for what it is. Is it an electron-based program and, if so, should that not be noted here?

Where is this "v8.1.9.3"?

8.2 does not seem to have sessions check box under general tab, and session does not seem to load or save. Any comments?

@PAFuser

Things have changed a bit, can you make something happen by tweaking settings in Backup & Multi Instance... looking at the changelog some settings have been tweaked regarding Sessions???

I have never seen a text editor as ugly as this one, compared to BowPad, even DocPad (http://www.gammadyne.com/docpad.htm) is a beauty.

@smaragdus: you just hate ribbons :)

@webfork indeed. ;)

I figured out how to uninstall the user-chosen (custom) languages but it takes a little work.
1: Open PSPad.ini (if you opened it with PSPad or if PSPad is running, save it as something else).
2: Delete the UserHighLighterName# value / data pair where the language is listed (the crosshatch is either null or a number between 1 and 4).
3: Delete the language key and all value / data pairs appertaining to it.
4: If PSPad is running, close it - then replace the PSPad.ini file with your changes. Voila! Your user-selected language slot is ready for another language!
I have posted a request to add a mechanism to do this automatically on the PSPad forum which is very active and the author of the software posts often - not what you'd expect from "dead" software.
BTW: Be cautious about using the installer - it seems to have had some problems. Use the zip file instead and unpack the files to a folder of your choice.

If it's ok, I'd just like to make a few more comments:
Viniciusban writes that PSPad has no comment-out tool. I don't know if that was true when he posted, but it has one now:
Format menu / Add/Remove Comment.

Webfork writes that it has trouble handling Very Large Files (VLF). In my experience, there are only a very few editors that can handle VLFs without absorbing all available RAM and none of them (with the possible exception of UltraEdit) is as full-featured as PSPad IMHO. If I must view / edit a VLF, I always use HiEditor from WinASM.net as it is made specifically to work on VLFs without hosing the computer. Unfortunately, it isn't offered on PortableFreeware.com but it is completely portable, writes all settings to an INI file and is very fast.

Tom mentions that the "stable" version is 4.5.4. Currently it is 4.5.6 and was uploaded about 11 months ago. Beta version, available from the forum and updated August 2012, is very stable - if the latest version is wanted, grab it from there.

PSPad has its problems but they all do - that's why there isn't just a single text editor that everybody uses. While Notepad++ is (undeniably) the most popular text editor for programmers, I find its interface somewhat obscure and its learning curve a bit too steep to make it useful to me. PSPad's interface is much cleaner and simpler and, if I don't use it for months at a time, I can come back to it without worrying about relearning anything - that's why PSPad is my text editor of choice.

I wanted a paf version of PSPad and I tried the online installer version of @prapper which unfortunately does not work.
So in the discussion https://portableapps.com/comment/242253#comment-242253 I left a note (# 22).
Be careful: when you extract the installer you have to delete the folders:
- $ PLUGINSDIR
- 7zTemp
and copy the rest into .\PSPadPortable.
Then update to the latest portable version which must be unpacked in .\PSPadPortable\App\PSPad\

Is it stealth?

What are its advantages over Notepad2?

ripu: it has encryption+master password, more encoding options, more visual customizations, and lots of small updates/fixes. I haven't tested stealth status.

Is it stealth?

oct 2, 2021 version 6.3 Release Candidate
download http://jsimlo.sk/notepad/thankyou.php?getfile=tnp630se_uni.zip
Changelog: http://jsimlo.sk/notepad/changes.php

Note a lot of new functions in 6.3.1 (see changelog). Also, after using beta versions without manual updates, it is good to see the manual is up to date in 6.3.1

Just now (2021-07-05) Google says "this file is infected with a virus. Only the owner can download ..."

V*rus Total reported infection ratio (19/74) is indeed a tad too high for comfort...:-(
See also https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=101557#p101557

The former program's webpage (see below) is very outdated. Linked to Github.

https://sites.google.com/view/androth/home/high-level-assembly#h.p_5VxamhLpaykB

Download link triggers none portable version.

@hamasaki: Seems like it's working okay on this side

@webfork: Yes, fine now. Strange, before I got the exe.

Well, actually, the files from C++ runtime are really, there. Your missing DLLs api-ms-win-crt-runtime-* are indirect system dependencies which are not directly referenced by Textilosaurus binary, it seems these files can be installed with installing this: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2999226/update-for-universal-c-runtime-in-windows

So it seems that your operating system is not fully up-to-date. These DLLs cannot be re-distributed with textilosaurus.exe, the only way for me could be to package runtime installers into Textilosaurus installer, but that is not really good because some users install portable Textilosaurus from zip package instead, thus, this is not a solution for them.

What do you think? I thought I could use different toolchain (mingw) to build the app for windows, but unfortunately, it is only available for x86 platform which is bad, since I prefer to deploy x64 binaries.

Well, you're right - my system is not up to date and I am not able to install the update, because my Win 8.1 is one of those that refused to install the big ("8.2") update. No problem, for most other users Textilosaurus will work fine.

I am glad that the developer switched to a better versioning scheme.

I reckon there should be a mention somewhere in the entry's description that Atom is based on (in fact, is like the ur-deployment of) the Electron framework [https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_(software_framework)! Broken URL, please copy excluding the exclamation, paste and amend].

@Midas
This is your URL:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_%28software_framework%29

Maybe mention in props, that alternative is CudaText.

I really wish it had a spell check feature. If it did, I would replace all of my text editors with this one. It is fast, stable, and has a small footprint.

Programmer's Notepad is unfortunately not stealth:
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\pn.exe
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\OpenWithList\pn.exe
(no matter what the system integration options look like)

Akelpad v 4.8.6 released.

Akelpad v4.9.4 released 03-JUN-2015 :
http://akelpad.sourceforge.net/en/download.php

Scores of plugins updated likewise :
http://akelpad.sourceforge.net/en/plugins.php

@__philippe tx updated

Seeing the icon I thought 'bəʊɡɪ bəəs' is back ;)

Cannot confirm the stealth-entry: I use MadEdit 0.2.9.1 for years now and never encountered this behavior. Nothing launches upon clicking options. It's completely stealth :-)

MadEdit-mod, a fork of the original MadEdit is still seeing updated -- check forum topic for more info (click talk balloons icon above).

I tried it, but the "unlimited file size" feature wasn't proved: with a 4GB file, apart from its opening slowness, a popup message informed that the file could not be opened.

Website changed to http://www.bdvnotepad.com/products/bdv-notepad/

@appsuser: thanks, billon got that updated

It is not at all intuitive, but once you play with it a bit, It comes together.
I probably won't use it on my own computers where Open Office Portable is much handier, but as I like to keep my usb key light, I keep it there. Hint: go over your Open Office documents and see what styles you like to use, and update the openoffice-style.gwen template. I found this makes it more user friendly, as I am dealing with my own tastes.

I've tested it. I does support Unicode.

See also Gwennel Web: http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12395 ...

How to extract (alternative):
1. Download the installer and extract to a temporary folder
2. Move the contents of the {app} to a folder of your choice
3. Create an empty file NoteTab.ini in the application folder
4. Launch NoteTab.exe

Nothing to see here. There are far better, completely freeware text editors out there. First that comes to mind is Notepad++, which also has its own plugin system.

For those of you that want something even better, there's Atom, from the developers behind Github. Portable, modern interface, and fully extensible. I don't think you can ask for better.

i 'd already dl a "portable" v2.1.0.1 from softpedia. it just unzips. creates some files in same folder (or subfolder) on 1st run. readme says willcreate a strokes.bin also, but did not notice that (but didn't search hdd for that file, or search for filedate of time of 1st run of kudaz)
download page on kudaz geocities.jp is a bit confusing. 2.1.0.1 ver number is same as here (as of now and softpedia when i dled). further down on kudaz page are two diff updates of the executable.
kudazeo.zip 9/9/2007, kudaz.exe 1/28/2007 properties 2.2.9.7 v2.1.0.1 Service Release 3 (all of which matches the exe in the softpedia dl)
kdzeof.zip 1/27/2007, kudaz.exe 9/9/2007 properties 2.3.0.1 readmef says "v2.1.0.1 SR-3h ", which seems to be the not stable version.

FYI, the commercial EverEdit v3.2.2.3678 was released on 2014/05/13...

(http://www.everedit.net/news/)

Download links do not work... Error 404.
32bit version is available here: http://jdem.cz/cjg3v4 (redirected to FTP server)
64bit version is available here: http://jdem.cz/cjg3x9 (redirected to FTP server)
32bit version is also available MajorGeeks: http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/everedit.html

Thanks DzejPy