I am looking for a text editor, does anyone have any recommendations? I will not use it for programming / compilation / debugging, Eclipse is already doing this fine. It will really be used to view the source and sometimes write / edit other files (e.g. SQL, plain HTML, JavaScript, etc.).
Requirements;
- Works on Windows XP
- Free
- Easy (I don’t want to wait 10 seconds to load all its functions, I just want to see the contents of the file, and I want to see them right now)
- Syntax highlighting (for all common file types, e.g. .java.sql.html.xml, etc.)
- Tabs
- No ads / annoying “donate to stop this message”
It would be nice to have the option of automatic formatting with customizable style and format settings, but this is not necessary.
I tried the following:
- Text panel (not free)
- EditPadPro (not free)
- JEdit (too much footprint takes too long to load).
I am trying to use Notepad ++, but welcome your experience.
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