I use EditPad Pro for Perl dev and as my favorit text editor. I like the way it handles multiple files and how it minimizes to the system tray -- among other things.
Some of my favorite features: - Comment entire selection. Although I wish there was an Uncomment selection. - Highly customizable syntax coloring for multiple file types [Perl, Java, HTML...]. - Shift-Del deletes entire line. - Auto-indent - Bookmarks - Search and replace with regex. - Syntax aware spell checker. I have it check my comments and here documents only. -Shawn ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 08:47:15 -0400 >From: "Carroll, Shawn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: What IDE/Editor? >To: "'Thomas R Wyant_III'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'perl-win32- [EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Hm, no mention of EditPad yet. I use it, and like it. Anyone else? I >don't do anything hefty enough to require an IDE, I just wanted something >that addressed the things about notepad I find annoying. > >Why I like it: >-doesn't default to "save as type .txt" >-new files go in the existing window, and uses tabs instead of overlapping >child windows >-no limit on the number of files you can have open >-easy to change font size >-extremely flexible find/search/replace dialog: case sensitivity, whole >words only, can search across all your open documents >-can convert spaces to tabs and vice versa with configurable tab size >(4,8,x) >-can convert between upper-case, lower-case, and WhatEverThisIsCalled >-is a standalone executable so can be run on another machine from a unc >path, i.e. > \\server1\share\editpad \\server2\data\scripts\script3.pl > -> this will open or create script3.pl on server2 using the >executable shared out on server1, while typing at your workstation or a >third server. >-it's postcardware (I'm due to send mine out) :) > >http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadclassic.html > > > >-Shawn > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Thomas R Wyant_III [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 9:37 PM >> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >> Subject: Re: What IDE/Editor? >> >> >> >> Usually PFE. No longer supported, but available, free, and will launch >> scripts directly from the editor. When I feel stuck enough to use an >> honest-to-heaven IDE, OpenPerl IDE from SourceForge. A little >> funky, but >> again the price is right. >> >> Here are the answers I collected from the last time this >> thread came up on >> perl-win32-users: >> >> >> >> What's a good Perl Editor? >> -------------------------- >> >> Well, there's always notepad.exe. >> >> The rest are from the mailing list. The reason the >> information varies is >> that my knowledge of them varies. >> >> PFE32 is a reasonable programming editor, with line numbering and the >> ability to execute the edited script. It's not Perl-specific >> (no syntax >> highlighting). It's also no longer under development, but it's still >> available via WinSite. See >http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/. Free. > >OpenPerl IDE has line numbering, syntax highlighting, execution, and >debugging. See http://sourceforge.net/projects/open-perl-ide/. Free. > >Crimson Editor. line numbering and syntax highlighing. Not sure if it has >execution or debugging. See http://www.crimsoneditor.com/. > >XEmacs for Win32 (http://www.xemacs.org/). > >MicroEmacs > >TextPad. www.textpad.com. Shareware. > >UltraEdit (www.ultraedit.com). > >vim (www.vim.org). Syntax highlighting, regex searching > >fte - Folding Text Editor (fte.sourceforge.net) > >Komodo ($$), includes regex debugging > >CodeWright ($$) > >VisualStudio with ActiveState Perl plugins ($$) > >Tom Wyant > >_______________________________________________ >Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs >_______________________________________________ >Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
