[nfbcs] programming editors for Windows

[Steve Jacobson]

Aaron,

I am a long-time user of a program called UltraEdit.  I use it for a lot of different things, although I 
can't say that I use it as a development tool to the degree that you might.  Also, I use it with Window-
Eyes, but believe it works all right with JFW as well if configured correctly.  It has a lot of features 
that I don't need, but I can see where things such as syntax and keyword highlighting might be leveraged 
to a greater degree than I do when working in specific programming languages.  It definitely handles 
converting between Windows and Unix, and it also can be made to use FTP to open and save files on a 
server which I find handy.  I actually use it sometimes to open files on the IBM mainframe because it is 
more flexible for copying and pasting into e-mail files than using my terminal emulators copy 
capability.  You can read more about it and download a demo at

http://www.ultraedit.com

but I'd be glad to answer more questions off list.  I believe the demo is a fully functional version 
that one can use for thirty days or so.  It costs around $50 to purchase.

I know that others have used NoteTab Pro as well with a lot of success.  I used it for a time at one 
point but switched to UltraEdit to get some features that NoteTab has since added.  There other editors 
out there that might serve you well, too.  

Again, if you have specific questions that you would like to take off list, I would be glad to attempt 
to help.  

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson


On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 21:07:40 -0600, Aaron Cannon wrote:

>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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