Text Editors

[junjun]

HTML-Kit
Cost: Free
Platform: Windows and Linux
Programming languages it supports: All
Features: Syntax highlight, extensive plug-in library for programming languages, FTP, HTML Preview + a ton more (not kidding)

[Dan Schulz]

Name: Win32Pad
Cost/Free: Free
Platforms it runs on: Windows (95 through XP--as of 24 August 2006)
Programming Languages it supports:
--> TEXT FILES: .txt .log .diz .nfo .ini .csv
--> ASP FILES: .asp .aspx .aspmx .asax .asa .inc
--> C/C++ FILES: .c .cc .cpp .cxx .h .hh .hpp .hxx
--> HTML/JSCRIPT FILES: .htm .html .shtml .xhtml .css .js .hhc .inc
--> JAVA/JSP FILES: .java .jsp .inc
--> MS-DOS BATCH FILES: .bat .cmd
--> PERL FILES: .pl .pm .cgi .inc
--> PHP FILES: .php .php3 .php4 .phtml .inc
--> RSS/RDF FILES: .rdf .rss
--> SQL FILES: .sql .pkg .prc
--> VB/VBSCRIPT FILES: .vbs .vb .bas
--> XML/XSL/XHTML FILES: .xml .xsd .xsl .xslt .xhtml .vxml .dtd .lo
--> (I'm sure it can support more, I was just copying the options available when you save a file, save for "All Files")
URL: http://www.gena01.com/win32pad/

[fish]

Name: Emacs
Cost: Free
Platforms it runs on: AIX 4.3.3, FreeBSD, GNU/Linux , Mac-OS X, MS DOS, MS Windows, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, SunOS, Ultrix (pasted from url below)
Programming languages it supports: All
URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/

[phpfanatico]

Name: qstudio
Cost: Free
Platforms it runs on: Windows
Programming languages it supports: PHP, HTML, SQL, Javascript
URL: http://www.qadram.com/products.php

[Froggie]

http://www.developertoolz.com/Catego...x?CategoryID=1
( about 35 editors, some of them have been mentioned and some have not)

[mortenpa]

A bit late......
EvolvEd
Cost: Free
Tested Platforms :

* Windows 95
* Windows 98
* Windows NT4
* Windows ME
* Windows 2000
* Windows XP
* Windows 2003 Server

Keyword Highlightning of the most common script/program languages:

* Assembler
* Awk
* BASH Script
* Batch Script
* C/C++
* ColdFusion
* COBOL
* C#
* Cascading Style Sheets
* Delphi/Pascal
* EDI Fact
* Fortran
* HTML
* Java
* Java Script
* LISP
* Lua
* Novell Login Script
* Perl
* PHP
* PL SQL
* Post Script
* Python
* QBasic
* Simula
* StreamServe Script
* TCL
* Visual Basic
* VB Script
* XML

* Keyword Editor which lets you modify/create keyword definitions
* Automatic Function Help for almost every function (Perl, VB, C/C++, Java, PHP, Deplhi/Pascal, StreamServe)
* Supports Regular Expressions (NFA Traditional)
* Source Code Compiling with its own Output Window
* Powerful Search/Replace with Regular Expression support
* Supports up to 10 Live Templates with dynamic variables
* Unlimitied Undo/Redo
* HEX Viewer
* Auto-identation/Auto-pairs completion/Auto-completion of HTML and XML tags
* Supports multiple color-schemes
* Powerful Text-based functions
* Powerful HTML-functions
* Supports both DOS and UNIX files
* Extremely Customizable
* ASCII Table, shows you the ASCII-codes with its respective decimal and hex code
* Base64 Encoding/Decoding
* URL Encoding/Decoding
* Word Wrap

[bemmott]

Name: EditPad
Platform: Windows
Cost: Pro $49, Lite freeware
Supports: Everything
Link: http://www.editpadclassic.com/

[hamstu]

Name: SciTE (Scintilla Text Editor)
Platform: Windows/Linux
Cost: Free (Open Source)
Supports: All major langauges
Link: http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html

[Tijmen]

Name: Aptana
Platform: Windows/Mac/Linux
Cost: Free
Supports: html,css,js,php,xml,text
Link: http://www.aptana.com/

[drjones013]

Name: Metapad
Platform:Windows 9x/NT/XP
Cost:Free
Link:http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/download.html

metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra (and rather useful) features. It was designed to completely replace Notepad since it includes all of Notepad's features and much, much more.

The transparency feature is pretty cool but *sniff* no spell check

[mangrova]

Name: Cream for Vim
Platform:Windows 9x/NT/XP/Linux/Kitchen Sink
Cost:GPL
Link:http://cream.sourceforge.net/

A modern configuration of the powerful and famous Vim, Cream is now available for Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and FreeBSD.

[Dan Schulz]

Ooh... I know someone who'd like that.

[Eric Suen]

Name: Spket IDE
Platform: Windows/Linux/Mac
Cost: Free for non-commercial use
Supports: js, xml, lzx, xul, xbl, svg, kon, xaml
Link: http://www.spket.com/

IDE for JavaScript, XUL/XBL, Laszlo, SVG, Silverlight and Yahoo! Widget development.

[HarryR]

Visual SlickEdit
Cost: $284.00
Platform: Windows, Linux, OS X, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX
Programming languages it supports: Primarily C/C++ and Java, supports lots more.
Features: Live editing of diffs, advanced code refactoring, class browsing and lots more.
Link: http://www.slickedit.com/content/view/73/60/

[Dark Tranquility]

Name: bluefish
Platform: POSIX compatible OS: Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS-X, OpenBSD, Solaris, Tru64...
Cost: open source development project, GNU GPL licence.
Supports:

• Python
• HTML
• PHP
• C
• Java
• JavaScript
• JSP
• SQL
• XML
• Perl
• CSS
• ColdFusion
• Pascal
• R
• Octave
• MATLAB

URL: http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html

[Shellvious]

www.abiword.com
Name: Abiword
Platform: Windows / Linux
Cost: none
Supports:

freeware word processor might by useful for someone ;]

[stoons]

Name: Professional Notepad
Cost:until December 31 2007, the price is only $18 (actual price should be $35.00)
OS: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT4 / Win2000 / WinXP / Win2003
Programming Languages: Professional Notepad is an advanced tool that allows you to view and edit HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, PERL, SQL, Delphi, C++ and other languages source code.
url: http://www.atechgroup.net/
Other: * Unlimited text and line size - Professional Notepad can work with really huge files and is still very fast.
* Syntax parsing and highlighting - syntax schemes for most common languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, PERL, SQL, Delphi, C++) are included.
* DOS&Windows charset support - Professional Notepad will automatically select charset when file opening.
* Hyperlinks - all hyperlinks will be automatically highlighted and followed when you clicks URL.
* Drag&Drop support - both Copy and Move are supported.
* Unlimited multilevel undo/redo.
* Line numbers - you can display the line numbers in Professional Notepad.
* Printing - color printing is supported.
* Export to HTML and RTF with color syntax.
* Bookmarks - up to 10 bookmarks in one text are supported. Images will be displayed on the gutter to mark the lines with bookmark.
* Regular expressions in search and replace.
* Word wrap. If you are working on the text with long lines, word wrap feature becomes extremely useful. You will not need to scroll far any more - since all long lines will be wrapped to fit the size of editing area.
* Code Templates - speed up the development process and help maintain consistency throughout your websites.

Why I like it: I originally purchased this because it allows me to change the text size for my mature eyes. Also, as beginner, the syntax parsing and highlighting was a great tool for catching those little errors that can wreak havoc on everything. A neat little feature that I actually use a lot, surprisingly, is that when you have a color code typed in, if you forget what the color is, placing the cursor anywhere in the color code shows the color in a little box on the toolbar.

[badmofo666]

gedit
Cost: Free/Open Source
Platform: Linux, (Windows with cygwin and gtk?)
Languages: A crapload. I'm not going to list them all, but i've used it for C++, XML, HTML, CSS, JAVA, PHP, JavaScript

[stikkybubble]

Name: Taco
OS: OS X
Price: Free
Link: http://tacosw.com/

I love this editor! It color-codes HTML and PHP, and has a useful syntax checker too.

[anso]

how to configure the software PsPad with the software TopStyle?? help me

[montuno3282]

Notepad++
Cost: FREE
Platform: Windows
Languages: C, C++, Java, C#, XML, HTML, PHP, CSS, makefile, doxygen, Javascript, ASP, VB/VBS, SQL, Objective-C, Pascal, Perl, Python, Ruby, Lisp
URL: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

[julianmag]

I'd recommend NetBeans 6.5 with PHP support.

It's free and support a has intellisense.

[Alle]

PhpStorm
Cost: 89 €, (44€ until Jan 10th. Free 45 day trial.).
Platform: Linux, Mac, Windows
Languages: PHP , CSS, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, XML. Albeit as the name suggests this program is developed with PHP in mind, it also supports other languages, such as ASP, to different degrees with language plugins. The program also has support for JavaScript frameworks such as jQuery.

Looking to try an IDE I found PhpStorm had all the functionality I was after in such a program, and it is quite well made. It is written in Java, and at least the preview build of version 2 was somewhat slow for me (they have an 'early access preview program'). I will definitely explore this editor more though, and when I purchase a new computer it has reserved the place as my first choice IDE.

I recommend PhpStorm for those looking for an IDE. For beginners and those looking for a straightforward and fast editor I recommend Notepad++, which needs no introduction.

P.S. PhpStorm is based on the same developer's IDEA, with a particular focus on web development. If one has IDEA with the PHP plugin, one already has almost all the features of PhpStorm.

[kajfat]

Notepad++ is the best choice for Windiws

[itrush07]

- Name: Notepad++
- Cost/Free: Free
- Platforms it runs on: Windows Environment
- Programming languages it supports: source code editor and notepad alternative
- URL: Notepad++ | 5.8.7