Free Text Editors

Rm Sppej Es · Post by **Rm Sppej Es** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:40 am

Hi, I currently use Note Tab Lite.

I had been advised a while back that Crimson Editor was best because it saves without BOM, which is neccessary for writing php files.

However, I don't like Crimson too much, for various personal reasons.

I was wondering if anyone knows of any alternative free text editors, that will save without BOM?

Many thanks.

YouTube · Post by **DavidIQ** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:21 am

Notepad ++

Pond Life · Post by **Pond Life** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:20 pm

I use Note Tab Light and haven't had any problems with php files.

Ricky_Racer · Post by **Ricky_Racer** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:00 am

Probably the best FREE !!! Text editor ever.

god0fgod · Post by **god0fgod** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:24 pm

I use this program called Geany. Aparently it's available for many operating systems.

Josso · Post by **Josso** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:56 pm

DavidIQ wrote:Notepad ++

Seconded.

An essential download right there...

YouTube · Post by **DavidIQ** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:04 pm

Josso wrote:
DavidIQ wrote:Notepad ++
Seconded.

An essential download right there...

I especially like the fact that it integrates into Internet Explorer's view source function and the right-click - Edit with Notepad++ is also pretty handy when you don't want your PHP files or HTML files to open up with the default program. Also color codes.

rxu · Post by **rxu** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:26 pm

Notepad++

TheIlluminative · Post by **TheIlluminative** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:42 pm

Notepad++

KeithR · Post by **KeithR** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:12 pm

Notepad++

A_O_C · Post by **A_O_C** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:07 pm

i too use notepad++, its just the best.

ToonArmy · Post by **ToonArmy** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:34 pm

gedit for desktop, nano or vim when editing on remote servers.

ihermit · Post by **ihermit** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:24 pm

Josso wrote:
DavidIQ wrote:Notepad ++
Seconded.

An essential download right there...

Agreed.

dsavi · Post by **dsavi** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:46 pm

I hope nobody kills me when I say that I don't like notepad++, it uses Comic Sans Ms as one of the fonts and I can't be bothered to compile it from source, let alone change that part of the code.

YouTube · Post by **DavidIQ** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:07 pm

dsavi wrote:I hope nobody kills me when I say that I don't like notepad++, it uses Comic Sans Ms as one of the fonts and I can't be bothered to compile it from source, let alone change that part of the code.

Settings -> Style Configurator -> php -> COMMENT and COMMENTLINE

Change it from Comic Sans MS. This thing is almost completely customizable.

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