Text Editors are not new to anyone, you use it for Taking Daily Notes or for Editing plain text.
Text editor’s are word processors that do not manages Formatting & other Desktop publishing features.
Why we need Text editor’s?
Text editor usually comes up with Operating System or as Freeware/Shareware Software.
Sometimes we do not need formatting of text & also don’t wanna put load on system memory, so it is good choice of using Text editors.
They are good for recording Website URL’s list, if you don’t wanna bookmark using Internet explorer.
Another use of editor is to copy and paste the text(message/article/email) you want from any website.So Text Editor is very handy for computer users.
Available Text Editor’s
Well there are many Text editors depends on Computer Platform you are using.Unix operating system is having(VI) editor &(Emacs) editor.
Windows platform is having more Text editors than any other platform.Notepad comes up with any Windows OS accesories.But generally Win platform programmers use Textpad for Editing.
Apple Macintosh user’s can use SimpleText or WorldText.HTML Tag editor for Macitosh envirement is BBEdit.Well I will list lots of Text editor’s websites at the end.
How to Choose?
Well it depends on user which type of text editor user wants.Because text editor not only used for text editing but Some editors include special features and extra functions, for instance, IDEs, Outliners, are packages with text editors included usually with extra functionality.
Notepad that comes up with Windows os is having 64 KB file size limit.so you need to replace it with other editor if you need Notepad /text editor often.Notepad plus is freeware which overcomes this limit & easy to use.
I think if you want your notepad with no file size limitaion then try Notepad+ is good replacement.
So Choosing Text Editor include following points.
1.Maximum file size limit(atleast 10MB)
2.Dictionary/Spell checker(Optional & Not suitable for programmers)
3.Font settings, Character map, Text clips(like macros), Supports accented characters, Definable file filters etc.
4.Configurable Toolbars, Sorting, Search/Replace, Undo fuctions.
5.Support for most of the file types.Bookmark(URL/Email) function.
6.Text editor that is Designed for Editing Source code. Supports syntax coloring, Custom syntax coloring schemes & more.
7.Last point but optional that Editor must be Cross-Platform, So your friend who uses Mac can try it too!
Low cost or Freeware editors offer all the above mentioned features.so decision is upto you.
Text Editor Resources
There are many text editor available on the internet, few of them are Direct Download while few of them will redirect you to the Download.com/Simtel/Tucows website.
I listed Freeware/Shareware Editors below so check those editors websites first.
Emacs(Win platform) at(https://gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html)
Metapad at(https://liquidninja.com/metapad/)
Notepad plus at https://mypeecee.org/rogsoft/(Replacement for standard Windows notead)
Notespad at(https://newbie.net/NotesPad/notespad_32.html)
SciTe at https://scintilla.org/(for editing source code. Supports syntax coloring)
Quickedit at https://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/john_maddock/qe.htm(supports accented characters, auto indent, sorting, search/replace, undo)
Editplus at https://editplus.com/(Nice editor/Many fuctions/Shareware)
Other editor worth to check out are
Mulitpad at(https://welcome.to/emmental) Extremepad at(https://hammer.prohosting.com/~epgames/extremepad.shtml)
Editpad lite at(https://editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html) Win32pad at( https://gena01.com/win32pad)Vim at(https://vim.org/)
Netpadd at( https://netpadd.com/)
Many Editors are platform independent I listed only those I tried if you know more than I listed here let me know.
Jedit at https://jedit.org/ or Freedos edlin at https://ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/edline/
Well for those who want to put daily task list or Notes or Remider on desktop they can go for utility Clicktray calender instead of Text Editor.
If you ask me what to choose then I will say for Programmers Editplus & Editpad PRO is excellent choice You have to pay few bucks for it.
For Home users Editpad lite and Notepad plus is good choice, both are free to use.Well forgive me for not listing Macintosh free alternatives for text editors on this review.
Well there are very few talented/Devoted developers are there in this world who create softwares for Macintosh platform.
Anyway Suggestions/Comments are welcome.Thanks for cheering me up for writing Reviews/Articles.