blog: editor2

[nikos]

This thread was originally posted  in the xplorer² Professional forum.        
Moved here 19-May-2010 =fg=
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here's the comment area for today's blog post found at:
www.zabkat.com/blog/27Jan08.htm

[snemarch]

TheGun cheats, to achieve it's 5kb executable it's of course compressed. And it crashes on XP64 and generally isn't much to write home about

[fgagnon]

nikos,

It didn't start out that way, but, with no fanfare, Editor² has gradually become my preferred text editor because of how nicely it is integrated with xplorer².   Well done!

There is, however, an inconsistent (and therefore annoying) 'feature' regarding its handling of "end of line" when selecting/cutting/pasting a whole line.
I know you must know what I mean, but I will describe it anyway for other user feedback on the need to fix it
... or to tell me to "get over it already"  

In most cases**, when an entire line is selected, and then "cut", the end-of-line (EOL) characters OD,OA are cut also; but when pasting the selection, the EOL characters are missing, requiring an extra "Return" keystroke to manually enter them.
I would much appreciate it if this inconsistent 'feature' could be removed such that what is pasted matches what is cut.  ;)

Cheers!
-fg-

** except when a line is selected from right end to left end, then the EOL characters are not part of the selection.

[FrizzleFry]

I notice inconsistency in selecting lines also:

I select lines using shift down arrow.
If the line following the last selected line is blank or at the end of the file you get an extra CR/LF... ie. a blank line following the selection is also selected. This behavior is visually displayed.

[nikos]

all these copy stuff aren't handled by editor2 per se. I know what you mean, but I've settled myself copying using ctrl+c (hint: this copies the whole line when no selection is marked) and then having to enter a CR manually after paste.

[ZoNi]

I wish, at least, tabs and synthax highlighting

Until then, Notepad++ is my choice!

(but, to be honest, editor2 IS my default text editor on my laptop - it is even on my Start menu see here: http://www.zoniweb.com/mypc/ )

[nikos]

then we're talking proper editor, not notepad replacement!

[desslok]

Full UNICODE support

Not only that, it can also handle my non-Latin system default encoding. Amazing.

I love how xplorer2 is UNICODE-conscious. It's puzzling to me that so many (even new) file managers and editors are still this day and age not FULLY supporting it despite the fact that Windows went to UNICODE a long time ago.

[pschroeter]

It sort of resembles a word processor, though I don't think that is what its for. Since I can't spell worth a darn, anything I use to work with words needs a spell checker.

[TheHatMan]

I agree that editor² is one of the most versatile text editors for general purpose work. In fact I always use it from inside xplorer². It loads faster than practically any text editor around. By the way has anyone noticed that metapad can display RTF files with full formatting.

[Michaelm]

I miss an always on top feature for the editor or am I just blind and can't find it ?

[nikos]

there isn't one, i'll see if i can add one for the next release

[desslok]

There is already a program that does what Michaelm wants. Any window you like. Just Google.

[Robert2]

Have a look at DeskPins http://users.forthnet.gr/pat/efotinis/p ... kpins.html

[ZoNi]

then we're talking proper editor, not notepad replacement!

heh

I use Notepad++ as a Notepad replacement