2
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1answer
37 views

Win7 regedit falsely reports successful merge

I'm trying to hijack notepad with the hack described at http://www.flos-freeware.ch/doc/notepad2-Replacement.html. I created a registry file to do this, but it won't work. The confusing thing is ...
0
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0answers
92 views

Strange permission changes when saving file on a Samba partition from a Windows editor

I'm trying to figure out why a specific behavior is exibited when perms change on a file being saved from a Windows editor on a SAMBA-mounted Unix partition. Situation: We have a file on Unix, with ...
0
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1answer
50 views

Replacing Italic with markdown formatting or em tags

I have content in google docs that is being converted to HTML. The main trick is that there are a number of italic sections which I would like to add <em> tags or markdown asterisks. I tried ...
0
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4answers
159 views

Scrutiny all visible or invisible characters of a text file

Is there any software that can be used to scrutinize all visible or invisible characters in a text file (characters like BOM, direction mark, line feed ...)? Showing the Unicode name of characters ...
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1answer
115 views

Is thery any light weight text editor like notepad++ but with text colors [closed]

I use notepad ++ in windows 7 but i can't color the text. Is there any lightweight editor like notepadd++ where i can also color the text as well
1
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2answers
90 views

Mass text manipulation?

I have a text file of a couple of hundred thousand words. E.g.: word1 word2 etc I want to know what program I can use to easily: Add "FRONT" to the front of the text, and Add "BACK" to the end of ...
1
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0answers
123 views

Rich text editor cross-platform

I'm about to write a thesis and I need to work on it on various devices: a MacBook Pro, a laptop with Windows 7 and an iPad. The problem is to find a way to keep in sync everything. I though of many ...
0
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4answers
232 views

Opening a big file [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is there a text editor for very big files? I have a rather large log file on a Windows Server 2008 R2 computer. It's a couple gigabytes, but notepad, wordpad, ...
2
votes
4answers
107 views

What is a Windows text editor that will make it easy for me to have four text files open onscreen at once?

When brainstorming / planning I like to have four text files open onscreen at once: One for notes/stream of consciousness, one for action items to follow up on, one for a rough outline, etc.... What ...
3
votes
2answers
61 views

Need a simple APP or Software or Tool for auto typing

I'm looking for an application which can do something as follows - In a notepad or any editor, if I go on hitting any keystrokes, it shall go on typing only predefined text in an application. For ...
4
votes
2answers
294 views

Open unknown filetypes in text editor?

Is there a way to open files with unknown extensions, or no extension, in a text editor by default? I'm mostly interested in doing this on Windows 7, but it would be nice to know how in Mac/Linux ...
1
vote
0answers
70 views

Which Text Editor supports multiple monitors? [closed]

I am using HIPPO Edit and Notepad++ as my text editors. Both of these doesn't provide support for multiple monitors. Is there any text editors which support Multiple monitors?
1
vote
1answer
79 views

Are there any Windows text editors that display fonts smoothly the way Adobe applications do?

When I type text into an Adobe application on Windows - Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign (although not Fireworks) - the text is rendered smoothly and the font appears without any sign of jagged edges. ...
5
votes
3answers
12k views

command line text editor like “edit” for windows x64 [duplicate]

is there any command line editor like the old edit for windows x64?. I exclude VIM because i don't like the mode behavior. I would like a editor were i could write just as i write in any application. ...
1
vote
2answers
946 views

How do I select columns in tab separated text?

I have a list of items in a text file separated by 1 (one) tab character like this: item one[tab]item two Each item doesn't have the same length in characters. So a traditional column selection ...
8
votes
3answers
11k views

What is the edit command for 64-bit Windows 7?

I am using Windows 7 64-bit. I could not find a command that enables me to write a text file in the command prompt. Is there a command for this on Windows 7 x64? I tried edit but it is not supported ...
0
votes
5answers
199 views

Replacing text in file at certain width

Is there a program that I can use that will let me replace text at a certain width? Example: I want to replace 20-26 with 0s. From: ...
2
votes
2answers
595 views

Text editor on Windows to delete large block of copyright text in multiple source files?

Optional Background Information: [ The author of a Java open source project I am using has changed the copyright notice in every file in the project. As a result, I can no longer diff between the ...
2
votes
6answers
4k views

Notepad with line numbers

I'm looking for a text editor with as few features as notepad, but with the addition of line numbers. Does anyone know of such an application. Edit I've used Notepad++ and Notepad2 in the past and ...
3
votes
3answers
6k views

Some pretty fixed width font for Windows? [closed]

With Mac, I like the font of Menlo for text editors. With PC, it's hard for me to find some pretty fixed with font, and I don't like the Courier font that I have to use for emEditor. Could you ...
0
votes
2answers
429 views

What is the alternative to Komodo IDE, and Komodo Edit on Windows? [closed]

What is the alternative editor that I could use instead of Komodo IDE / Komodo Edit?