My favorite is UltraEdit (with the UltraCompare) option, but at $50, it is overkill if you are not a programmer.

My favorite freeware one is Notepad++. It's missing a few features that UltraEdit has, like sort and compare, but it has the basics, such as syntax highlighting for common programming languages, and the price is right.

Check out Notepad++ and Notepad2. Both free, both fast & powerful. Notepad++ is the more feature rich of the pair, and Notepad2 smaller and faster.

Notepad++ does everything this hardware engineer needs for software coding (ick).

My preference is for Notepad++ as well -- I do a lot of work in XML files and it's a lifesaver.

Steve

another vote for notepad++

Bingo.

Jed. Not for the faint of heart, but if you are switching between wintel and 'nix environments on a regular basis, it helps.

It can also be made to do just about anything you want it to do, particularly in terms of syntax sensitivity behavior.

Another vote for Emacs. Or, on the other side of the fence, GVim.

I prefer EditPlus but also use TextPad and UltraEdit.

I'm amazed none of the ubergeeks here have said that text editors are for kids... real programmers use copy con filename from the command prompt to edit text.

Real programmers use ed, the Standard Text Editor.

EMACS = Eighty Megs And Constantly Swapping
EMACS = EgoManiacs Addicted to Control Sequences


:D

*gag* *hack* If you want a REAL text editor use gVIM. :D

wow, no votes for edlin :(

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I wish someone could do a Windows version of TextMate...

I've had good luck with VEDIT, though it's not free. It handles text files of any size or line length, and edits binary files too.

For work I have to handle some text files with very long lines (as much as 5K), and most text editors will wrap them at some point like 512 or 1024.

I use Programmer's File Editor. It is no longer in development, but Version 1.01 works great. It's free, small footprint and no install necessary. Only drawback is the lack of a wraparound search function.

get it here
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/steveb...e/pfefiles.htm