This is perhaps a mundane question, but what do you hand-coders like to use for editing your html and css? I'm in the market for a decent text editor (Windows). I currently use the freeware Crimson Editor. It's not bad, but it crashes on occasion, which gets annoying. The feature I most need is the ability to edit remote files. Crimson does this via built-in ftp. That's about the only requirement I have beyond basic syntax highlighting. Perhaps there are other features (like auto-complete or something) that I'm missing out on by using the relatively bare-bones Crimson...
Anyway, just looking for some suggestions. Does not have to be freeware.
> This is perhaps a mundane question, but what do you hand-coders like to > use for editing your html and css? I'm in the market for a decent text > editor (Windows). I currently use the freeware Crimson Editor. It's not > bad, but it crashes on occasion, which gets annoying. The feature I most > need is the ability to edit remote files. Crimson does this via built-in > ftp. That's about the only requirement I have beyond basic syntax > highlighting. Perhaps there are other features (like auto-complete or > something) that I'm missing out on by using the relatively bare-bones > Crimson...
> Anyway, just looking for some suggestions. Does not have to be freeware.
I've been using Visual Studio for years, and I personally love it.
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This is perhaps a mundane question, but what do you hand-coders like to use for editing your html and css? I'm in the market for a decent text editor (Windows). I currently use the freeware Crimson Editor. It's not bad, but it crashes on occasion, which gets annoying. The feature I most need is the ability to edit remote files. Crimson does this via built-in ftp. That's about the only requirement I have beyond basic syntax highlighting. Perhaps there are other features (like auto-complete or something) that I'm missing out on by using the relatively bare-bones Crimson...
Anyway, just looking for some suggestions. Does not have to be freeware.
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I use mostly TextMate but also own BBEdit since it support SFTP which I need daily.
I was also a longtime UltraEdit user before I migrated to OSX. One good note about TextMate is they have ported this to Windows http://www.e-texteditor.com/ It supports the same bundle packages as it's OS X cousin. Bad news is if you purchase the OS X license you will still have to purchase a license for the windows editor.
> Before going to Mac (TextMate) I used UltraEdit for many, many years
> On Feb 18, 2008 11:49 AM, Chris Stromberger <chris.stromber...@gmail.com > > wrote: > This is perhaps a mundane question, but what do you hand-coders like > to use for editing your html and css? I'm in the market for a > decent text editor (Windows). I currently use the freeware Crimson > Editor. It's not bad, but it crashes on occasion, which gets > annoying. The feature I most need is the ability to edit remote > files. Crimson does this via built-in ftp. That's about the only > requirement I have beyond basic syntax highlighting. Perhaps there > are other features (like auto-complete or something) that I'm > missing out on by using the relatively bare-bones Crimson...
> Anyway, just looking for some suggestions. Does not have to be > freeware.
I use Crimson on my Windows machine and Textmate on the Mac. I love crimson because it's tiny and has a good regex engine. It's only ever crashed on me when I attempt search/replace operations on 7k+ line files. I just wish development on it weren't languishing.
My coworker used to use PSPad and it supports editing remote files.
Chris Stromberger wrote: > This is perhaps a mundane question, but what do you hand-coders like to > use for editing your html and css? I'm in the market for a decent text > editor (Windows). I currently use the freeware Crimson Editor. It's > not bad, but it crashes on occasion, which gets annoying. The feature I > most need is the ability to edit remote files. Crimson does this via > built-in ftp. That's about the only requirement I have beyond basic > syntax highlighting. Perhaps there are other features (like > auto-complete or something) that I'm missing out on by using the > relatively bare-bones Crimson...
> Anyway, just looking for some suggestions. Does not have to be freeware.
I've used Crimson before on Windows. When I'm on that platform, I usually use Notepad ++. What I'd like is something on Windows that works as easily as TextWrangler on the Mac.
Pat
On Feb 18, 2008 11:58 AM, Ryan Joy <atxr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I use Crimson on my Windows machine and Textmate on the Mac. I love > crimson because it's tiny and has a good regex engine. It's only ever > crashed on me when I attempt search/replace operations on 7k+ line > files. I just wish development on it weren't languishing.
> My coworker used to use PSPad and it supports editing remote files.
Crimson only crashes for me during remote file saves, but it happens very often. One other thing that Crimson does not do well is handle Python multi-line (triple-quoted) strings. The syntax highlighting goes all wonky.
I just installed PSPad and it looks promising. It does correctly handle the Python triple-quoted strings.
> I use Crimson on my Windows machine and Textmate on the Mac. I love > crimson because it's tiny and has a good regex engine. It's only ever > crashed on me when I attempt search/replace operations on 7k+ line > files. I just wish development on it weren't languishing.
> My coworker used to use PSPad and it supports editing remote files.
> Chris Stromberger wrote: > > This is perhaps a mundane question, but what do you hand-coders like to > > use for editing your html and css? I'm in the market for a decent text > > editor (Windows). I currently use the freeware Crimson Editor. It's > > not bad, but it crashes on occasion, which gets annoying. The feature I > > most need is the ability to edit remote files. Crimson does this via > > built-in ftp. That's about the only requirement I have beyond basic > > syntax highlighting. Perhaps there are other features (like > > auto-complete or something) that I'm missing out on by using the > > relatively bare-bones Crimson...
> > Anyway, just looking for some suggestions. Does not have to be > freeware.
On Mon, 18 Feb 2008, Chris Stromberger wrote: > Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:49:10 -0600 > From: Chris Stromberger <chris.stromber...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: Refresh-Austin@googlegroups.com > To: Refresh-Austin@googlegroups.com > Subject: [Refresh Austin: 2404] text editors
> This is perhaps a mundane question, but what do you hand-coders like to use > for editing your html and css? I'm in the market for a decent text editor > (Windows). I currently use the freeware Crimson Editor. It's not bad, but > it crashes on occasion, which gets annoying. The feature I most need is the > ability to edit remote files. Crimson does this via built-in ftp. That's > about the only requirement I have beyond basic syntax highlighting. Perhaps > there are other features (like auto-complete or something) that I'm missing > out on by using the relatively bare-bones Crimson...
> Anyway, just looking for some suggestions. Does not have to be freeware.
Not sure if it handles remote editing (I think it can), but when I was using Windows, I loved HTMLKit! I was so disappointed to find it wasn't available for Mac. I has lots of extensions so you can probably figure out how to do anything you want. I would definitely use that if possible. It's free and it has a good support community. It sorta reminds me of the Firefox community. Since I switched to Mac OS X, I've been using TextMate for editing and Transmit for ftp (and CSSEdit) and have been very happy.
Also, I think Amara (http://www.w3.org/Amaya/) offers remote editing. ...I just took a look and it appears as if Amara has recently updated so I think I'll check it out again myself.
Chris Stromberger wrote: > This is perhaps a mundane question, but what do you hand-coders like > to use for editing your html and css? I'm in the market for a decent > text editor (Windows). I currently use the freeware Crimson Editor. > It's not bad, but it crashes on occasion, which gets annoying. The > feature I most need is the ability to edit remote files. Crimson does > this via built-in ftp. That's about the only requirement I have > beyond basic syntax highlighting. Perhaps there are other features > (like auto-complete or something) that I'm missing out on by using the > relatively bare-bones Crimson...
> Anyway, just looking for some suggestions. Does not have to be freeware.
Holly Fortenberry wrote: > Not sure if it handles remote editing (I think it can), but when I was > using Windows, I loved HTMLKit! I was so disappointed to find it wasn't > available for Mac. I has lots of extensions so you can probably figure > out how to do anything you want. I would definitely use that if > possible. It's free and it has a good support community. It sorta > reminds me of the Firefox community. Since I switched to Mac OS X, I've > been using TextMate for editing and Transmit for ftp (and CSSEdit) and > have been very happy.
> Also, I think Amara (http://www.w3.org/Amaya/) offers remote editing. > ...I just took a look and it appears as if Amara has recently updated so > I think I'll check it out again myself.
> Holly
> Chris Stromberger wrote:
>> This is perhaps a mundane question, but what do you hand-coders like >> to use for editing your html and css? I'm in the market for a decent >> text editor (Windows). I currently use the freeware Crimson Editor. >> It's not bad, but it crashes on occasion, which gets annoying. The >> feature I most need is the ability to edit remote files. Crimson does >> this via built-in ftp. That's about the only requirement I have >> beyond basic syntax highlighting. Perhaps there are other features >> (like auto-complete or something) that I'm missing out on by using the >> relatively bare-bones Crimson...
>> Anyway, just looking for some suggestions. Does not have to be freeware.
