Since a long time, I was searching for a free and complete text editor to install on all my machines. I think this one will become my new friend !
The famous one that would resolve my problems is probably Notepad++.
The interesting features are (for me) the following ones :
- XML editing (to collapse nodes and include syntax coloration…)
- "All" programming language coloration
- Having a hexacidemal view of the content (hex edition)
- Evaluate or change text encoding
- Advanced search and replace features (a lot of options…with "light" regular expression possibilities)
- Extensible through plugins
- Multi document management
- And ultimate pleasure : creating macros for critical situations
Thanks notepad++ to exists and to be really FREE !!
Maybe the "compare two documents" feature is currently missing ? I will search…
Browse on the official site : http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net
Obviously, my second friend is Paint.NET for image editing…also thanks to him.