[nfbcs] programming editors for Windows

[John G. Heim]

I can't say I'm actually recommending this but I use TextPad. The main 
reason I use it is because it is fast and it does handle all of the 
different file formats seamlessly. I do all my programming with TexPad on 
files saved with unix line terminators.

I tried UltraEdit version 11 but I didn't like its response time. And it 
kept crashing on me. I could reproduce the problem. I'd load a php file with 
unix line terminators and it would crash. Not on every file but on 
particular files it would crash every time. So I contacted technical support 
and they claimed no one else had reported the bug. But other people had 
reported on their web site. So I felt I was being given the run around. Of 
course, by that time they already had my money. But they're not getting any 
more.

So I went back to TextPad. I like the response time and I don't thinnk it 
has ever crashed in the 20 years I've been using it. I use TextPad in 
conjunction with sftpDrive. SftpDrive is now called ExpandDrive. I recently 
updated my license to ExpandDrive but I found that the user interface is no 
longer accessible. So I'm back to useing the old version SftpDrive. Anyway, 
sftpDrive allows you to map a Windows network drive to any computer running 
an ssh server. Our web server is linux so I write php code for it by mapping 
a network drive with sftpDrive and then editing the code with TextPad.

If I was just a programmer, I might use some other text editor. But since 
I'm also a systems admin, I often need to edit config files. And the 
combination of sftpDrive and TextPad works great for that.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Cannon" <cannona at fireantproductions.com>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 9:07 PM
Subject: [nfbcs] programming editors for Windows


> Hi all.
>
> I know that this has been discussed in the past, but I'm wondering if
> folks have made any new discoveries recently.  I am currently using
> EdSharp for my programming editor, and it works reasonably well.
> However, a few issues I've been having are that it frequently throws
> unhandled exceptions and it doesn't allow you to easily save files
> with Unix-style line endings.
>
> What are other folks using for editing source code?
>
> I really like the other features of EdSharp, but the above mentioned
> limitations are serious enough to have me looking for alternatives.  I
> think the best option would be to use a standard programming editor
> with a well-crafted set of Jaws scripts.  However, I don't have the
> know-how to attempt something like that.
>
> Anyway, any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.
>
> Aaron
>
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