Wednesday, January 09, 2008
What’s your favorite programming editor?
The clutter-free Steve Jobs at home in 1982. Photo credit: Diana Walker
Intype. It is by far the coolest editor I have ever worked with. Maybe not the best, but that’s because Intype is still in the early stage of development (current release is 0.3). It already carries some amazing features. You can create your own color theme or download other peoples’ themes. I have downloaded a few, switched around between them and they are amazing. Personally, I prefer to write on a black background, I find it easier on the eyes especially after long hours. Intype was inspired by the famous Mac editor, TextMate.
Some Intype features include tabs, line and column counts, language parsing selector. I have been using it ever since it was first released to testers and the improvements are outstanding. Testers have helped improve Intype by listing some feature requests at the Intype forum. This little app is free to download and use during the alpha and beta development phases, but once it reaches release 1.0 it will be priced similarly to TextMate.
Intype will cost between $25 to $45 (€20 to €35). One license will be valid for one version of Intype and all updates for this version (for example version 1.0 with updates until version 1.9).
There are many other Windows text editors, some of the most popular include TextPad, Notepad++, Programmer’s Notepad, Notepad 2, Crimson Editor, Zulupad, JujuEdit, TopStyle, EditPlus and a whole lot more.
What’s your favorite programming text editor? What’s the feature you love most?
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N. |
Thu Jan 10, 2008 at 10.04 am
I’ve used many different editors. A long time ago I would try to usually find a IDE for that specific programming language. I then just started using notepad, but soon starting loving Vim, and GVim (the GUI version) It has all the necessary elements I generally use, and nearly all commands can be executed through the keyboard, much like EMACS. I have used Notepad++ but I always download the blue theme, that give the screen a dark Navy blue background! I prefer dark backgrounds as well hehe.
I’ll be sure to check out Intype though! 
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Shay |
Thu Jan 10, 2008 at 11.41 am
Thanks for your feedback. I still use language dedicated IDEs but only when I am coding very large projects. Otherwise Intype colors the tags for many languages and I can easily modify and create anything right from there.
Yea, I tried a navy blue theme for Intype, known as ‘Blackboard’, even though it’s not black - and it’s nice! but now I am using ‘Choco’ theme.
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Marzouq |
Thu Jan 10, 2008 at 07.31 pm
Notepad++ is my friend! lol! I like most its features, just a little bit more then Notepad, I don’t need libraries and all that, I use books as my reference if I need to
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Shay |
Thu Jan 10, 2008 at 09.26 pm
@F. Well, pretty soon I will be able to say Intype is the Textmate for Windows, it has all the same features, including the custom snippet bundles! e-texteditor is already out there as the Textmate for Windows.
@Marzouq, another vote for NP++! It’s a really good solution, very light, has it all and it’s free. Book references can be so fun! lol, seriously, I learn a lot more looking something up than using suggested code that IDEs bug me with! Recently, I feel I am slowly getting rid of all the IDEs I have, they keep getting bigger with unnecessary extras crammed in them. Only when the project is really big and needs it’s IDE is when I head over there, otherwise, text editors give you full control, they’re so light and it’s just easier to work with them!
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N. |
Tue Jan 22, 2008 at 03.58 pm
I’m using TextMate now on my mac. I’m liking it a lot so far! See you soon.
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Kilian |
Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 04.42 pm
I either use Smultron for the quick edit, or if I’m in real coding mood I’ll use Coda.
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Nic |
Sat Feb 09, 2008 at 01.49 am
I prefer Notepad++ with the explorer plugin and ruby blue theme. I tried using Intype but couldn’t live without the explorer.
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I hate programming
Sorry Shayma I know u will kill me, but I like using Notepad++ I love it :D colorful and I hate the black bg!