text-editor

Is there a Windows alternative to Mac simultron vertical-alignement in Notepad ++ or another software ???

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Free Windows GUI text editor supporting Regular Expressions, for programmers?

Looking for a free Windows GUI text editor that supports solid1 regular expressions for its Find/Replace features, for programmers to use. Familiar with Vim, Ed, Emcas, etc. Not looking for a command-based editor. Will give chosen editor to team members already familiar with Regular Expressions, but don't want learning curve incurred to...

how to (unobtrusively) specify commit messages in your editor/ide

Background: the current text editor i am using does not have built-in support for git. Nevertheless, it has support for user-created addons, so I made one for auto-commiting to the repository each time I save a file. Although auto-saving to the repository is straightforward, the commit messages currently are not very useful, they just s...

Plugin for jQuery Text-editor style selection?

What I'm trying to achieve is to use jQuery to mimic the behavior of the text-selection functionality you see in a typical text-editor, except instead of selecting text, I want to select multiple rows of <div>s. However, so far the only "selection" plugins I've found for jQuery operate based on a rectangular lasso model. In particular, I...

ajax library with editor and spell checker

Recommendations for an text editor and spell checker included in an HTML library ...

What tool is useful for reading log4j log files?

I'm looking for a text editor for reading log4j log files capable of auto-highlighting lines according to the threads that logged them. For example, all the lines which include [pool-1-thread-1] will be colored yellow and all the lines which include [pool-1-thread-2] will be colored green. This might be available as a more general featur...

after quitting VIM editor I am not able to see the original screen contents that were present before entering vim

I want to see the original contents of screen after quitting vim as they were before opening a file , as of not my file quits but the original display is not there THanks ...

Can i execute custom commands in a rich text editor (iframe with design mode on) ?

See this. Is it possible to create custom commands (and how) for the function execCommands? I need custom commands for custom markup. ...

Opening files in Vim using Fuzzy Search

I'm looking for a way to make Vim have the ability to open a file by fuzzy-searching its name. Basically, I want to be able to define a project once, and then have a shortcut which will give me a place to type a file name, and will match if any letters match up. This kind of functionality exists in most editors I've seen, but for the l...

Text editor with synchronized scrolling and spell check features

Hello! I'm looking for a text editor that have these 2 features available: - Synchronized scrolling: You can have 2 tabs, side by side and you scroll both at the same time. - Spell check as you type (highlight, underline word, spell check on the fly) I have currently been using Notepad++ exactly because of this feature of Synchronized Sc...

How to prevent script attact in ASP.net MVC project which uses CKEditor?

In my Asp.net MVC 1.0 application I want to use CKEditor as my Rich Text Editor. But if I want to use this editor i have to Disable Request Validation . After doing this if I want to display the whole html content directly I can't use HTML.Encode() becuase I want to render the real html content generated from Editor. So how can we prev...

Featureful commercial text editors?

I'm willing to buy tools if they add genuine value over a FOSS equivalent. One thing I wouldn't mind having is an editor with the power of Emacs, but made more user-friendly. There seem to be several commercial editors out there, but I can't find much discussion of them online. Maybe it's because the kind of people who use commercial sof...

VIM unsaved buffer warning

Hi Everyone, I am using FuzzyFinder with vim to open files and switch between buffers. It works like a charm except when the current file I am working on has some changes. Vim wouldn't let me switch the buffer till I save it: "E37: No write since last change (add ! to override)". Is there a way of suppressing this warning unless I am ...

I want to use VI-like commands in Web Browser?

I love VI and I'm looking for a plugin of some sort that would allow me to input text in my browser (preferably Firefox or Chrome) using VI commands. It would save me an immense amount of time and at the same time when writing long emails. Can anyone think of any plugins that would allow me to do this? I was hopeful with Vimperator (h...

Vim (Windows) - new help files do not work

I have downloaded several new plugins which come with a help file. None of them seem to work from within Vim. I have the Windows version of gVim and the install dir contains a folder called: vimfiles vim72 Both folder contain a plugin and doc folder. Where am I supposed to put the plugin? So when I use :help [helpfile], it says it ...

Normalize whitespace and other plain-text formatting routines

Background: The language is JavaScript. The goal is to find a library or pre-existing code to do low-level plain-text formatting. I can write it myself, but why re-invent the wheel. The issue is: it is tough to determine if a "wheel" is out there, since any search for JavaScript libraries pulls up an ocean of HTML-centric stuff. I am ...

How to allow to allow admins to edit my app's config files without UAC elevation?

My company produces a cross-platform server application which loads its configuration from user-editable configuration files. On Windows, config file ACLs are locked down by our Setup program to allow reading by all users but restrict editing to Administrators and Local System only. Unfortunately, on Windows Server 2008, even local adm...

How to prevent Firefox from copying numbers or #'s when copy and pasting on a Mac?

When I copy and paste from a website that formats their text using <*li>, I get numbers or #'s when I paste into any text editor on my Mac (running Snow Leopard). Is there anything I can get that is equivalent to Windows Notepad, that will NOT copy the formatting, and just give me the text? Example of a site that I copy/paste from that g...

Text editor capable of viewing invisibles?

A recent problem* left me wondering whether there is a text editor out there that lets you see every single character of the file, even if they are invisible? Specifically, I'm not looking for hex editing capabilities, I am interested in a text editor that'll show me all of the invisible characters (not just the common whitespace / line ...

Sampling Large Data Files

Hello, I currently work in the position of Data Warehouse programmer and as such have to put numerous flat files through ETL process. Of course prior to loading the file I have to be aware of its content, the problem is that majority of the files are > 1 GB large and I can not open them using my dear old friend "notepad". Kidding. I usu...