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Development Your Favourite Text Editor?

Discussion in 'Software' started by TSDAdam, 21 Mar 2011.

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  1. TSDAdam

    TSDAdam Beard!

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    As quite a few people here seem to be coders/web monkeys, I wondered which text editors people tend to favour?

    Personally, I like notepad++, but I've always stuck with Crimson Editor.

    So what's your poison? vi/m? emacs? something more exotic?
     
    TSDAdam, 21 Mar 2011
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  2. yakyb

    yakyb i hate the person above me

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    notepad++
     
    yakyb, 21 Mar 2011
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  3. slaw

    slaw At Argos buying "gold"

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    + 1 to that or should i say ++1 :naughty:
     
    slaw, 21 Mar 2011
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  4. sparkyboy22

    sparkyboy22 Web Tinkerer

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    I prefer the colour scheme in crimson but love the zen coding plug in for ++
     
    sparkyboy22, 21 Mar 2011
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  5. Zoon

    Zoon Hunting Wabbits since the 80s

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    Notepad++ ever since I found it. Before I used that I used EditPad or some name like that, but it was shareware ... then changed to nagware ... then changed to crippleware.
     
    Zoon, 21 Mar 2011
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  6. Ending Credits

    Ending Credits Bunned

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    I've always used plain Notepad although I don't do any coding outside of an IDE nowadays.
     
    Ending Credits, 21 Mar 2011
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  7. Elledan

    Elledan What's a Dremel?

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    Crimson Editor. I haven't found another editor yet which doesn't annoy me for some reason. Notepad++ is close, but its lack of auto-indent makes me want to smash things :)
     
    Elledan, 21 Mar 2011
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  8. Edge102030

    Edge102030 Son, i am disappoint.

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    KomodoEdit
     
    Edge102030, 21 Mar 2011
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  9. Glider

    Glider /dev/null

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    VIm
     
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  10. AxelAraatus

    AxelAraatus What's a Dremel?

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    I have just recently started coding, and I have tried multiple Text Editors. I'd say my favourite would have to be notepad++ as well, as it is simple and easy.
     
    AxelAraatus, 21 Mar 2011
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  11. theevilelephant

    theevilelephant Minimodder

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    +1
     
    theevilelephant, 21 Mar 2011
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  12. microsoftPerson

    microsoftPerson What's a Dremel?

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    microsoftPerson, 21 Mar 2011
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  13. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes How many wifi's does it have?

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    Doing Websites: anything with color coding and auto-completion.
    C/C++: Visual Studio and nothing else.
    Java: Eclipse, but I don't really like it, but it's the best I tried.

    Vim is the worst editor ever created that I ever used. Impossible to use. I guess it's better than punishing holes on cards. But, wyerrrek! It should be banned.
    eMac is fine.
     
    GoodBytes, 21 Mar 2011
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  14. Volund

    Volund Am I supposed to care?

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    See, I'm the opposite, I hate emacs with a burning passion, it's shortcut keys are infuriatingly complex :wallbash:, VIM is my personal favorite for a quick text editor, otherwise I use notpad++ or gedit.
     
    Volund, 21 Mar 2011
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  15. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes How many wifi's does it have?

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    Ah yes, forgot about gedit. Yes I like GEdit, I do find it better than eMac.
    I do agree that eMac keyboard shortcut are not easy, that is why I said it was "fine", and not "good".
     
    GoodBytes, 21 Mar 2011
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  16. GiantKiwi

    GiantKiwi What's a Dremel?

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    Windows - VS2008/ Notepad++
    Mac - TextMate
    Linux - nano

    for Java - Netbeans (being forced to use eclipse for coursework as the android option is shoddy on netbeans D: )
     
    GiantKiwi, 22 Mar 2011
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  17. Nedsbeds

    Nedsbeds Badger, Slime, Weasel!!

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    No love for textpad here then.
    Close second for me is notepad++ but textpad shortcuts and highlighting features just seem more intuitive to me
     
    Nedsbeds, 22 Mar 2011
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  18. wyx087

    wyx087 Homeworld 3 is happening!!

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    GUI editor: SciTE - best editor ever :D lightweight and best of all, fully configurable through its files.

    Linux CLI: VI, or nano. VI is easy once you learn all the commands.
     
    wyx087, 22 Mar 2011
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  19. Xlog

    Xlog Minimodder

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    Windows - Notepad++ as general purpose text editor, a range of IDEs for programming.
    Linux - vi/vim.
     
    Xlog, 22 Mar 2011
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  20. BentAnat

    BentAnat Software Dev

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    Windows
    Notepad++
    Range of IDEs

    Mac OS
    TextWrangler
    CODA
     
    BentAnat, 22 Mar 2011
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