I need a suggestion

Editor suggestions

[Matthew1980]

Hi there people of webmasterworld,

I have searched for a few days now, tried a couple of offerings, and none of the editors I have found do what I want.

I would like a small plain text editor similar to textPad, that supports code folding, this is all. Either that or a bigger monitor ;)

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
MRb

[coopster]

Eclipse does code folding. It is a full-blown IDE though.

[Matthew1980]

Hi there Coopster,

Yeah, that's the reason I haven't got it, that coupled with the over-complex setting up that's required. Been looking on and off most of today and haven't found anything.

I shall carry on as I am I think :)

Cheers,
MRb

[dreamcatcher]

How about Vim?

dc

[Matthew1980]

Hi there DC,

Just downloaded Vim, I shall give it a whirl to see what it's like as I have not heard of it before :)

Cheers,
MRb

[fetchblog]

You should just go with the bigger monitor if you ask me...I loves me some big monitors!

[caribguy]

I use an ancient copy of Ultraedit - not sure if it's even being sold or developed anymore.

[Matthew1980]

Hi all,

fetchblog: Yup, high five to that! I have gone large at work, opted for widescreen too, which is handy when you have a conditional clause which goes wider than your standard 4:3 monitor ;)

caribguy: Yes, I have heard of that, but I am still checking most days to see if something for my home workstation is any better.

I tried Vim as DC suggested, but I thought I was in 1986 when I was using it, quite disorientating, and funny, retro is meant to be back too lol.

Oh well, keep looking then.

Cheers,
MRb

[bill]

I've been an UltraEdit user for years. They were one of the few text editors that could handle Asian languages when I researched. It's a great editor with a lot more power than I probably need. It's still actively developed.

[SomethingInteresting]

How about Notepad++?

:-)

[Matthew1980]

Hi there SomethingInteresting ;)

Welcome to the forum :)

Yes, I have tried it, and still keep going back to TextPad. I downloaded UltraEdit last night and played around with it for a while, and for the moment, the jury is out on that...

I live in hope of finding something that does just what textpad does, with the addition of code folding.

Cheers,
MRb

[dreamcatcher]

I tried Vim as DC suggested, but I thought I was in 1986 when I was using it, quite disorientating, and funny, retro is meant to be back too lol.

Hey, don`t knock it, Vim is excellent. ;)

dc

[topr8]

i use editplus - have done for over a decade

[Fotiman]

Notepad++ does code folding. It's a great free editor.