Hi Patricia, I would also add NoteTab Light or Pro. http://www.notetab.com. It is an excellent editor and includes macro or Clipbook as it calls it capabilities. The pro version is also great for web development, as it has HTML templates. All the best Steve -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Patricia Fraser Sent: Monday 13 July 2009 21:36 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Text Editors Hi James, Notepad2 is capable of all you want, I think - check it out here: http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html It's GPL, and there's also an extended version mentioned on Florian's page. Cheers, James Scholes wrote: > Hi all, > > For development purposes, I am looking for a text editor that will > recognise ASCII line breaks, and save in UTF-8 format. A framework I am > developing for requires me to save files using UTF-8 encoding. I tried > EdSharp, and while I love its huge amount of features, it takes rather a > long time to load, and when I'm opening file after file to edit code, > EdSharp slows me down. Thanks in advance. -- Patricia Fraser Tel: +44 (0)160 470 5680 International Sales Manager Fax: +44 (0)870 705 9646 Quantum Technology UK Web: www.quantech.com.au 47 Thomas Chapman Grove Company Reg. No. 6362217 Northampton NN4 8RQ VAT No. 907 3486 13 Company incorporated in England and Wales ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq