No6 Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 UltraEdit-32. Text/HEX Editor with some very good features and a few useless ones. In the last couple of versions it has been trying to become an all-in-one swiss-knife utility. Still my editor of choice though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krick Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 (edited) Yes it's better to leave the editor choice to the user.Count me for NONE.I use UltraEdit myself so I don't see the point in including MetaPad or Notepad2 in SP2.I see no harm in patching Notepad though.For people who just like using good ol' Notepad, the patches are a welcome addition. Edited December 6, 2005 by krick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erpdude8 Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Wel I voted metapad since its my regular editor of choice, along w/ ConTEXT. But I'm not sure why you would want to include an editor in with your SP. I think editors are likely the most prolific software out there. And most everyone has a very distinct preference about what they like and want. If anything the most logical would be the patched Notepad, and leave further replacement to end user choice.I wish AbiWord was a choice. Very full featured.Abiword is more of a Microsoft Word replacement - not notepad.Abiword might be a good replacement for Wordpad or MS Word when working frequently with .DOC [Word Document] files. if Abiword can open Word documents created from Word 97/2000/2002/2003 then it can be a great alternative to using MS Word or Wordpad.the WinXP version of Wordpad can properly open Word 97/2000 documents.I also see no problem in patching Notepad. but change the version build number to reflect the minor changes made to Notepad [ex. Win98 has Notepad.exe 4.10.1998 w/out any changes/modifications to it]. after making a few changes or improvements to Notepad, change the version number of Notepad from build 1998 to 1999 > 4.10.1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apathetic_loser Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 I voted for Metapad, because that's my Notepad replacement of choice. I like to install it seperately though, so I'd almost rather have nothing at all. Eh, I won't mind however it turns out.AbiWord in the SP, that's hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomizer Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 spend money? > UltraEditfree? > PSPad (http://www.pspad.com/)i've found the latter to be a very good replacement for UltraEdit, except for its goofy column selection mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Patched notepad. The one with the unlimited file size and line numbers.I prefer a service pack to have programs that are close to the originals, but with improvements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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