Favorite editors

[ccollins]

Hey, all!
It's been awfully quite around here, so i thought i'd post a question.

I know a lot of us probably use some sort of integrated development environment, but i find that they just get in the way. I used TextPad for a long time, then i found FTPEditor, which let me transparently edit remote files. This was a pretty good app, but the second time it crashed and took my work with it (even though i had just saved, it cleared the file), i looked for something better. Enter: Edit Plus. I love this app. it has ftp functionality built in (though not directory creation), template support, and great syntax highlighting. I still use Textpad because it has macros, but EditPlus is my primary editor.

What about you guys?

-c.collins

p.s. After we get some response to this we can run a poll! Woo hoo!! go polls!!

[clivewalker]

Dreamweaver MX - not really a text editor as such, but the code editing view works well for me. There are some useful time saving tools eg code completion

A separate question, I wondered what PHP developers think of the DW generated PHP code - if you choose to use it. I am not an expert PHP coder but the DW generated code seems to accomplish simple tasks very quickly.

Just a question.

[nullrun]

I like Dreamweaver for quickly generating forms and outlines for webpages, however I absulutely despise the PHP code it writes. Do you know it will actually change paths in the code if it thinks they are wrong, even if you have it set in preferences NOT to change PHP files!? I am used to a greater level of flexability and control with UltraEdit and have a large code library and clases that automate much more functionality than Dreamweaver anyway.

It does seam as though there are a great deal of decent editors for free. PHPEdit is a little buggy, but decent. I still like emacs for linux.

Peace

[clivewalker]

I have not come across this with DW yet. Useful to know - thanks..

[ccollins]

Originally posted by nullrun

I still like emacs for linux.


Man! I really want to like emacs... i shoul dlike emacs... but i don't. If i took the time to learn the interface (keyboard shortcuts, and whatnot), i might like it better, but i find that vi does a good job from a command line, and emacs is just painful under X. just my opinion, though.

-c.

[craig]

Unfourtunatly I'm still stuck on a Windows base - but Dreamweaver MX is lovely for me :d

I dont use any of the generated code, and rarely leave the code view, but its great for PHP & HTML because the code colouring acually works (textpad's is very iffy), and it tells you the arguments for functions.

The one thing that bugs me is the way it adds the ending tag in html - I generally go back and add tags as i develop the site, so i dont want to have to delete dreamweaver's tags and put em in elsewhere.

Apart from that - its great :d

[sliver]

I use and absoelutely love editplus (http://www.editplus.com). I've tried others but this one is the best.

[nicholas]

Dreamweaver MX works best for me when I need to see the layout.

All other times it's Crimson Editor. Used it for years and never even considered trying possible replacements.