Comments on: Plea for a decent text editor

By: dt

dt — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 22:30:52 +0000

For all my php work i use Vim , it has word compleation (ctrl n) , auto code indent and alot of other usefull things (alot i can never remember the command to lol…like that cool feature to view all changes since last save *wishes he could remember the command). if you get the beta Vim 7 it also includes a spellchecker.
http://www.vim.org/

By: HomeDawg

HomeDawg — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 03:51:11 +0000

Chris, You do NOT have to purchace PHP-Edit, first aquire a 30 day trial license. Then from there login to your account and request a personal license. That would be a free unlimited use license as long as your not using it for comercial purposes.

By: Chris Boulton

Chris Boulton — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:37:54 +0000

Guido/JA: I took a look at Notepad2 after you guys mentioned it. It looks nice, apart from the fact it isn’t an MDI - which is something I would really need because of the number of files I usually have open at one time.

HomeDawg, I took a look at PHPEdit a while ago and one of the major draw backs to me is that it is only a 30 day trial - and I don’t know if it’d suit me enough to justify purchasing a license for it. I’m downloading it now to check it out. I had a look at their screenshots too after you mentioned it, and it seems when I first looked [when Michele commented], that the toolbar icons in the screenshot were “1998″. They look more recent now

By: HomeDawg

HomeDawg — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:23:44 +0000

Well, if your on Windows, I would use PHPEdit, its by far the best program for php development on Windows. For Linux, I’d suguest Bluefish, which by far is the greatest program known to developers. http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html

By: John Anderton

John Anderton — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:48:28 +0000

I was gonna post about notepad2 (cause thats what i use) but i see Guido has beaten me to it.

Imo, you should atleast give it a try It is quite good imo
http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html

What i have done with it is that i put the file notepad2.exe in the system folder with the original notepad and then i changed the link in my start menu so when i click on it, notepad opens up. It is on the top of my most used applications in xp so its quite easy.

dt’s seemingly found a way to successfully replace windows’ original notepad with notepad2 using some batch file, but it tends to screw up things so i like my method
Trust me (guido and well …. dt too cause he uses it) just give it a try. It may not have everything you want as Guido said, but it is really good

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 05:12:58 +0000

Hmm, looks like your blog ate the plus signs in my comment. I meant to say Notepad or if it eats them again Notepad plus plus.

By: Guido

Guido — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 16:31:09 +0000

Doesn’t have all of the features you want, but I’ve been using Notepad2 and it’s fast, nice, with many features, and free:

http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:18:58 +0000

I discovered TextMate earlier today which caused me to do exactly the same thing you did. For now I’ve settled for Notepad but I really wish I had a Mac.

By: Chris Boulton

Chris Boulton — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 09:53:22 +0000

Michele, exactly why I should. I was playing with an installation of Textmate in OSX and absolutely loved it - and that is sort of where the inspiration for this post came from.

PHPEdit is too “web 1.0″ style :P. I updated my post too to make sure everyone knows the web 2.0 comment was sarcastic

By: Michele

Michele — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 08:40:48 +0000

Another reason for switching to Mac! That way you’d get plenty o’ beautiful editors…
For example, you’d get my favorite: Textmate.

Talking about Windows, I haven’t coded on it in a long time, but I remember using PHPEdit. It was nice, but I guess now it might look a bit Web 1.0…