[ale] OS Windows text editor for Unix files

Ben Coleman oloryn at benshome.net
Thu Dec 23 19:25:29 EST 2004


John Wells wrote:
> I'm looking for a free (as in speech, hopefully) text editor that can
> properly read and print these files on the windows side.  JEdit is the
> only free one that's done a good job recognizing the line feeds and EOLs,
> but the printing is horrible.
> 
> Anyone know of one I should take a look at?  I've looked at a few others
> (notepad++, notepad2, jext), but none fit the bill.  It's a VERY simple
> task we're using it for, simply printing and viewing, so no super duper
> features needed.

I'd suggest PFE, though it is no longer supported:
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/

Ben



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