[ale] OS Windows text editor for Unix files

Nathan J. Underwood ale1 at cybertechcafe.net
Tue Jan 4 16:20:22 EST 2005


Just downloaded and installed Crimson Editor, and have to say it rocks!! 
  All the goodness of UltraEdit32 (that I use), but free.
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Nathan J. Underwood
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Jay Loden wrote:
> Just in case you didn't find something you like already, I recommend two 
> choices.  If you are looking for basically notepad, but with the ability to 
> read Unix files and show line numbers, I recommend Win32Pad - written in 
> straight C with the Win32 API, fast, solid, small, and great. 
> http://www.gena01.com/win32pad/
> 
> If you want a solid text editor with TONS of programmer friendly features 
> (honestly, I've always wished it ran on Linux, I like it that much) and, of 
> course, the ability to read those Unix files, check out Crimson Editor 
> http://crimsoneditor.com/
> 
> Since I didn't see anyone else recommending them, I thought I'd toss them into 
> the mix.  PFE is really good, but Win32Pad or Crimson Editor are at least 
> equal to it, and they're still actively developed and supported.  Both 
> editors I mentioned are free programs.
> -Jay
> 
> 
>>On Fri, 2004-12-24 at 09:41 +0100, 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.
> 
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