[ale] OS Windows text editor for Unix files

Jim Philips jimmyc at speedfactory.net
Fri Dec 24 05:55:17 EST 2004


On Friday 24 December 2004 03:41 am, Rene Rasmussen wrote:
> On Friday 24 December 2004 04:57, John Mills wrote:
> > > >>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.
>
> Have you tried source edit? I have used it a couple of times. Can't
> remember how the printing is though... But it's free.
>
> http://www.brixoft.net/default.asp
>
> Another editor that I know can handle Unix files is Ultraedit, but it's not
> free.
> http://www.ultraedit.com/

I'll second the vote for Ultraedit. We use it at work and it's just an 
incredibly versatile editor. You can tweak it to be as Unix-friendly as you 
want.



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