Fast, Simple Programmer's Editor

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Fast, Simple Programmer's Editor

Hi All,

Do any of you have any good links that you could share with me? I am looking for a FAST programmers editor that can open a file containing over 100, 000 lines of code really fast? i'm currently using notepad atm and its taking a good 8 seconds to open a file that is 29000 lines long :(

i would prefer something that is just like notepad.

and yes, i have tried everything that i've found on google and they all either have splash screens, or they are just too slow. i don't want to wait 8 seconds just to add a line or two. or just to check what number the last array is etc...

thanks & regards

jase

+7 A:

You could always try vi / vim

PurplePilot 2009-12-05 07:24:06

As much as I like vim, I'm pretty sure it fails the "must be just like notepad" requirement.

Greg Hewgill 2009-12-05 07:30:55

And it fails "simple." I'll use vim for the rest of my life, but I would never call it simple.

ojrac 2009-12-05 07:54:21

+1 for vi, once you are used to vi/vim you dont look or any other editor.

gath 2009-12-05 08:05:09

Learning curve is steep but completely worth it after the first week. I never looked back.

Matthew 2009-12-05 08:11:09

And you must like pink if you use the standard configuration :-S

Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen 2009-12-05 09:07:05

Are you insane? yes vim rocks, but it's the *wrong* answer to this question

hasen j 2009-12-07 01:51:34

+3 A:

Textpad is what I've used for years. It's cheap, light-weight, yet very functional.

It does have a splash by default, however, that can be disabled in the options.

levi rosol 2009-12-05 07:24:16

+14 A:

Have you had a look at Notepad++.

I use this editor extensively and have been very impressed thus far.

astander 2009-12-05 07:24:51

+7 A:

Have you tried Sublime Text? I just tried it with 100,000 line file where each line contained 'x' * 80, and it only took about a second.

Personally I use jed, which is a lightweight emacs clone, but it's probably not to everyone's taste. (In particular, it doesn't really feel like a Windows application - it doesn't have the normal keyboard shortcuts etc. Once you're used to it, it's very quick though...)

Jon Skeet 2009-12-05 07:25:16

thanks @Jon, sublime's doin pretty well. just installed it and opened a 1k-line file and it opened within a sec or two :D. as for jed, i think i'd kinda miss all the cute little windows icons after a while hehehehe :D

baeltazor 2009-12-05 07:45:52

+1 I'm jed fan too. (However, emacs is already very fast with today's computers)

Sake 2009-12-05 07:53:09

+7 A:

check out

Programmer's notepad

Kamal 2009-12-05 07:27:24

That one looks sweet.

Braveyard 2009-12-05 07:31:01

ohh yay! i gots me a keeper! thanks Kamal :D works great

baeltazor 2009-12-05 07:40:40

Nobody mentioned Emacs yet?

I use it on the PC i'm on now without trouble (and the beast has 256Megs of RAM..)

Peter 2009-12-05 07:28:45

emacs is just like notepad?

Amarghosh 2009-12-05 07:44:20

and it opens a large file in no time? (Without asking if you are really sure? ;-))

Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen 2009-12-05 09:08:26

it all depends on your .emacs file. Is Vim really that much faster?

Peter 2009-12-07 09:44:16

+1 A:

TextMate if you use Mac

davidrobles 2009-12-05 07:30:21

thanks david, textmate looks pretty cool. wish i had a mac :P

baeltazor 2009-12-05 07:39:19

Huge files of the nature that OP is talking about are *not* TextMate's strong suit.

Ben 2009-12-05 07:42:24

I agree with Ben, i use Textmate all the time but Vi for large file manipulation as TM gags on them.

PurplePilot 2009-12-05 08:48:10

+2 A:

Cream. It's Vim, but with sane keyboard bindings.

Joonas Pulakka 2009-12-05 07:43:21

In the linux world GEdit and Kate fits most needs.

Perpetualcoder 2009-12-05 07:49:31

+1 A:

I just ran a test of the Zeus programmer's editor and it loaded a 100,000 line C/C++ file in less than a second.

jussij 2009-12-07 00:20:40

Try PilotEdit, you can edit a huge file with PilotEdit easily. http://www.pilotedit.com

Dracoder 2009-12-07 01:10:48

+1 A:

I am wondering why no one hasn't mentioned SciTE yet... its one of the best code editors, with source code coloring support (don't know if that's the correct term for it), and lots other features...

you can also try Notepad2, such as good replacement for notepad itself, extending it to be good enough as a code/simple programmer's editor...

trace 2009-12-07 01:48:37

EmEditor is pretty much the fastest text editor I've ever used for large files. (and a VERY impressive start up time)

EJP 2010-07-30 16:54:40

Notepad++ has code coloring for almost every language.

Dreamweaver is great to use purely as a text editor/FTP tool if you're doing web stuff.

Lotus Notes 2010-07-30 17:05:56

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