Text editor

[allvip]

I use notepad++ but is not so good at searching.
What's the best free portable text editor?

[lurkalot]

I use notepad++ but is not so good at searching.
What's the best free portable text editor?

Interesting question actually.

I only use Notepad++ and do struggle a bit at times. Is it blocks of code you struggle with?

[allvip]

I use notepad++ but is not so good at searching.
What's the best free portable text editor?

Interesting question actually.

I only use Notepad++ and do struggle a bit at times. Is it blocks of code you struggle with?

I wanted to find in TPsubs.template.php the word articlecomments and nothing found.
If I took the code line by line it was at line 1640.
I will never finish like that.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

[illori]

i have not had any issues with notepad++ for searching in files.

[allvip]

i have not had any issues with notepad++ for searching in files.

I also pasted // edit single block section in a new file and searched for the word div.
It ignored a few of them like there were not there.

[bloc]

EditPlus - used it for 10++ years now. Costs a one-time fee but is well worth it IMO. Can search in several files, by regex etc. and still is fast and small. https://www.editplus.com/

In the other end you got something like Eclipse..big, slow and powerful(ish) and free.

[allvip]

EditPlus - used it for 10++ years now. Costs a one-time fee but is well worth it IMO. Can search in several files, by regex etc. and still is fast and small. https://www.editplus.com/

In the other end you got something like Eclipse..big, slow and powerful(ish) and free.

Thanks.
I know Eclipse and I don't like it.
I will try EditPlus.

[Skhilled]

I've been using RJ TextEd lately and it works very well. It's also free.

http://www.rj-texted.se/

[lurkalot]

I've been using RJ TextEd lately and it works very well. It's also free.

http://www.rj-texted.se/

Looks good Steve, might give it a try. Thanks. 

[bloc]

EditPlus - used it for 10++ years now. Costs a one-time fee but is well worth it IMO. Can search in several files, by regex etc. and still is fast and small. https://www.editplus.com/

In the other end you got something like Eclipse..big, slow and powerful(ish) and free.

Thanks.
I know Eclipse and I don't like it.
I will try EditPlus.

Of course free stuff is great too...but sometimes, if its a tool you use a lot, like a PHP/CSS/HTML editor, that do not do everything but have color-coding, search, ftp upload etc. then Editplus is a real gem. I tried many others, including different eclipse versions and always returned to it. (and if you absolute cannot afford its price, theres always torrents... ) But IMHO its well worth the price if you like and use it.

The author is from South Korea I think, and have kept going steady at it for at least 16-17 years.(created in 1998 it seems) Thats admirable. I actually bought 2 licenses - one in 2004 but lost it during 2008 i think..I just bought another then and this I use still - no extra fees for updates for at least 8 years, pretty awesome if you ask me.

Also, there are many support files, with built-in keywords for different coding languages and color-coding schemes.

[allvip]

EditPlus - used it for 10++ years now. Costs a one-time fee but is well worth it IMO. Can search in several files, by regex etc. and still is fast and small. https://www.editplus.com/

I've been using RJ TextEd lately and it works very well. It's also free.

http://www.rj-texted.se/

Both are awesome at search in a file even if no good at find in files (no results for <table in the TP folder).
Notepad++ is "better then nothing" at find in files.
I will just have to use them all.
Thanks 

[illori]

maybe you need a better search tool rather then a better text editor?

https://www.fileseek.ca/

[allvip]

maybe you need a better search tool rather then a better text editor?

https://www.fileseek.ca/

It works great.
Thanks 

[Skhilled]

maybe you need a better search tool rather then a better text editor?

https://www.fileseek.ca/

Interesting! Thanks!