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Other Text Editors
Even if you don't want to use one of the traditional Unix text editors, it's still a good idea to use an editor more powerful and flexible than Notepad or TextEdit, particularly if you ever edit scripting or programming language files, or even HTML. All of the editors below do some sort of syntax highlighting and have at least some auto-indenting support. Some also have features like auto-complete. All are free (as in speech and beer).
Editor |
Platform(s) |
License |
Notes |
[http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/ gedit] |
Linux (Gnome), Windows, Mac |
Natively a Gnome editor, it looks like a Linux app even on Mac and Windows |
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[http://www.jedit.org/ jEdit] |
Windows, Mac, and Linux |
GPL |
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[http://kate-editor.org/kate Kate] |
Linux (KDE) |
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[http://www.activestate.com/Products/komodo_ide/komodo_edit.mhtml Komodo Edit] |
Windows, Mac, and Linux. |
Mix of GPL, LGPL, and [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mozilla1.1.php MPL] |
Built on top of the Mozilla platform (but not browser-based), so it's pretty heavyweight compared to the rest. And they constantly try to upsell you to KomodoIDE ($295). It is a good editor though. |
[http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm Notepad++] |
Windows |
GPL |
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Windows, Linux |
Similar to [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php MIT] license. i.e. disclaimer and notice) |
Works on MacOS X with [http://www.kronenberg.org/darwine/ Darwine] |
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[http://tuppis.com/smultron/ Smultron] |
Mac (10.5 only) |
[http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php Apache License V2.0] |
Older versions available for 10.4 and 10.3 (very old version.) It's currently abandonware (i.e. the author has stopped developing it). |
[http://www.barebones.com/products/TextWrangler/index.html TextWrangler] |
Mac (10.4 or higher) |
closed source, but free |
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