[bksvol-discuss] Re: Page breaks
- From: talmage@xxxxxxxxxx
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:09:09 -0500
Thought this article might be of interest for those searching around for a
text editor.
I downloaded EditPad Lite to give it a try to see how it handles page breaks.
Unfortunately, while NoteTab Light won't allow you to see or manipulate
page breaks, it fortunately also won't eat them. Its big brother NoteTab
Pro however, as previously mentioned on this list, will allow you to both
see and manipulate page breaks.
Dave
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Jason Parker
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Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Every computer user needs a basic text editor. That's why Windows comes
with Notepad and Mac OS X comes with TextEdit. But these apps come in handy for
more than just looking at read-me files. They also work great for writing
quick notes, keeping a journal, coding Web sites, and pasting excerpts from the
Web when doing research.
While Notepad and TextEdit are useful, if I want added features, such as a
tabbed interface or extras that help me with coding simple HTML, I look for
more
full-featured text editors. Some are available for free, while others are
junior versions of big-name text editors that give you a lot of features but
don't require a registration fee. Though the full versions are excellent
apps, I have found that I can easily get by using free or lite versions.
Here are my current favorites for editing text, taking notes, and a million
other uses that give you a lot more than what comes loaded on your
system--without
making you pay through the nose.
EditPad Lite
is the slimmest of the bunch but still offers a lot more than preloaded
text editors. This one has a sleek tabbed interface, a great text-wrapping
feature,
and excellent search-and-replace tools. (Free/Windows)
NoteTab Light
also has a tabbed interface but adds a little more punch than EditPad by
giving you several libraries of premade clips. These clips can be anything from
commonly used code to quick formatting tools that are available at a click.
This is my favorite of the bunch, and I recommend it highly.(Free/Windows)
TextWrangler
for Mac OS X is the little brother of BBEdit, an old favorite of mine that
I've used for formatting newsletters, crunching code, and much more. It offers
all the text-processing power of its big brother but is geared more toward
the average user. Even better, it has now recently become free.
If you're in the market for a professional text editor, each of these apps
has a feature-packed big brother (full version). But like me, you may find that
you need just a few more features than your preloaded text software offers.
Software Publisher's Description
EditPad Lite is a convenient text editor and Notepad replacement. It has
all the features a solid text editor needs. You can open as many files at a
time
as you want, with no arbitrary file size limit. Each file will have its own
tab. You can convert between ANSI, ASCII, and Unicode, and work with Unix and
Mac files. You can search and replace across all open files. It has
unlimited undo and redo and powerful print preview.
[NoteTab Light description not included as we've already discussed this one
fairly extensively]
Software Publisher's Description
TextWrangler is a powerful and richly-featured tool for composing,
modifying, and transforming text stored in plain-text files. Features
include: Flexible
'grep' style pattern-based search and replace based on PCRE
(Perl-Compatible Regular Expression), comprehensive OSA (AppleScript)
support, syntax coloring
and function navigation for Perl, Python, Java, ANSI C, C++, Objective-C,
and more, sort Lines and Process Duplicate Lines plug-ins offer grep pattern
support for sorting, extracting, and handling text, ability to integrate
TextWrangler with Unix tools and scripts on Mac OS X, by means of the
"edit" command-line
tool, and extensive FTP support.
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