Sweet & simple source code editor.

Question

Can you advise a simple light source code editor for Windows and Mac?

I do not want it to have to take the whole project the file came from into context or provide any project management or integrated debugging features. I just want to take a quick but informative view at a single source code file with some syntax highlighting and i am sick of having to wait for VS or Xcode to start every time. For example, under Linux i would use Kate or Vim so something similar is preferred.

Answer 1

MacVim? I use it for perl development on OS X. And win32 Vim build on windows.

Answer 2

Vim for Windows? (For Mac, of course, you should already have Vim.)

Answer 3

For Mac, use vim.

For windows, I use notepad++ or textpad

Answer 4

On a Mac, I'd recommend TextMate. E is a Windows equivalent.

Answer 5

notepad2 is what I use for this. Ideal for quick peek in source files, I also use it from time to time to make quick changes without opening a full-blown IDE.

It's a lightweight notepad replacement with syntax highlighting (based on scintilla, the same component as Notepad++).

Answer 6

Mac: TextWrangler Win: Notepad++

Answer 7

GVIM is also an option. it has a few options that suit a mouse environment over regular vim.

SCITE is excellent for the windows environment, but I have not used it in a mac environment.