[ale] OS Windows text editor for Unix files

Billy Passauer hpassau at emory.edu
Thu Sep 23 10:57:34 EDT 2004


How about EditPad Lite.  It has the unix/windows/mac linefeed
conversion stuff as a menu option.  I've never had any problems
printing with it, but I can't say that I've printed anything 132
columns wide either.

    http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html

  ... Billy ...

John Wells wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> We have some reports that come out of a legacy unix system.  They're
> pretty standard unix reports: space-separated, 132 columns, ^L-page fed,
> \n-line fed files.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Thanks guys!
> John



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