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SnowLeopard2008
Nov 24, 2008, 09:03 PM
Does anyone know of a simple, yet powerful, and very light text editor for Windows? I'm not talking about Word, just a small program like notepad, but with syntax highlighting, since I'm programming with it. Something simplistic but has great features. Anyone know of something like that? thanks! :)



The Flashing Fi
Nov 24, 2008, 09:41 PM
I think this is what you're after?
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

GroovyLinuxGuy
Nov 24, 2008, 09:54 PM
gvim for windows

http://www.vim.org/download.php

Just like vim only gui-fied...learn it once and use it on any platform (take that last part with a grain of salt)

Lots of options with it:
spell check,
syntax highlighting
line numbers
auto complete
folding
file browser
etc

1visitor
Nov 24, 2008, 10:09 PM
Several editors out there, for all tastes, just google for it.
As Notepad replacement I use the free Metapad, fastest one that I know.

scienide09
Nov 24, 2008, 10:43 PM
I think this is what you're after?
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

Another vote for Notepad++. Great program.

SnowLeopard2008
Nov 25, 2008, 12:58 AM
thanks for all the suggestions, I did google but didn't like what I saw, so I thought maybe someone in these forums knew of a a lightweight, simple editor.