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I this this polll is missing most popular editor i.e. Edit Plus.
This editor is by far better and light weight then any of the editors mentioned in the poll.
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I agree, EditPlus is my favorite.
"Dinner Out", is a go! 
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I have been using Edit Plus for a very longtime (maybe 7-8 years) and it very good, with syntax coloring etc.
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For those not using notepad ++, if u like me a work with ie view source and view the html output in the default notepad its dull an not at all friendly, notepad ++ overrides the default plain bare bones notepad.
Works for me like a charm,
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Who could possibly WANT to use vi?
Obviously someone who enjoys pain!
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DonDriskell wrote: Who could possibly WANT to use vi?
Obviously someone who enjoys pain!
Heh, I thought the same thing when I first tried ![Beer | [beer]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif) however I changed my mind after a while.
Same for vi. Looks horrible until you get to know it and then it is hard to use anything else.
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Vi and Vim are good editors, but if you like consoles
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anuraj.p wrote: Vi and Vim are good editors
They can be made friendly too. It needs a bit of effort. There are configuration files which would persist your preferences. Some vi flavors also have file recovery right?
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vi's good. vi's fast and efficient. It's got a steep learning curve though.
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A Stern Warning of Things to Come
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I am, but that doesn't make vi any worse editor now, does it?
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Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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Haha, I've never read the texts of The Church of Emacs before. 
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I'm surprised it's not in the list.
Kevin
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As am I. I've been using it for about six years now...legally!
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Me too - I've been using it for...I guess 10 years? I know I got it on 3.5" floppy, as downloads weren't really de rigeur at that point. The company I work for has got a site license as well, so I can use it at work legally.
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Same here. I've been happy with it for years.
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza CP article: SmartPager - a Flickr-style pager control with go-to-page popup layer.
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I was also quite surprised it was not on the list. I mistakenly typed in TextEdit (from Mac programming world) instead of TextPad...
But, I decided to try some that were on the list I had not used, like Notepad++ and I found out I liked it a bit more. I have been a devout user of Textpad for many, many years (not Wildedit), but I found the out-of-the box capabilities, plugins, native language support in Notepadd++ nice.
I have used UltraEdit, many devs in my office swear by it, and I found that emacs for Windows/Unix (quite painful to learn), for the capabilities.
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
Einstein
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jadaar wrote: I have used UltraEdit
I used it briefly several years ago. I'd say UltraEdit and TextPad are comparable - or they were at the time.
jadaar wrote: I found that emacs for Windows/Unix (quite painful to learn)
Tried Emacs briefly when I had to do two months of Unix dev several years ago. I couldn't get on with it. I asked the hardcore Unix guys in the team if I should learn vi and surprisingly they said no! In the end I just ended up using the Unix CDE equivalent of Notepad - can't remember what it was called. Not at all satisfactory. It all just added to my hatred of Unix.
Kevin
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Kevin McFarlane wrote: In the end I just ended up using the Unix CDE equivalent of Notepad - can't remember what it was called. Not at all satisfactory. It all just added to my hatred of Unix.
Seriously, there is a pretty good "Windows-like" editor for *nix - NEdit[^].
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I know what you mean. The text editors buit into the Unix CDEs are very nice, not as full featured but they get the job done.
Why the emacs developers were so intent on making the use cryptic I will never understand.
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
Einstein
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I agree ... I have been using it for about 6-7 years ... simply great!
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Textpad is the one.
But only Version 4. in Version 5 they screwed up the search in files dialog. i liked it to be BIG and docked in the main area.
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I don't notice any difference in the search in files dialog. Or do you mean the search results? I've just tried it for the first time. It doesn't seem to dock at all. This looks like a bug.
Oh, yeah it does dock, after a bit of fiddling around. However, it doesn't appear as a a main tab and that is a usability regression IMO. Yes, I know it now behaves like Visual Studio's. But TextPad 4's search in files behaviour was superior to the way VS works.
Kevin
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It's in 5th place, before Notepad2 
I am also a Textpad fan, though I must admit that I've tried less than half of the editors in the poll.
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