I've found a bunch of Teletext editor, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletext - should these be added. If so, as SpecializedFamily or as a new TeletextFamily?? -- AnonymousTXT?
How about adding a Calculator text editor category? Examples http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/apps/editors/ and http://www.ticalc.org/pub/83plus/flash/programs/ -- AnonymousTXT?
Should we add a section for HTML Editors? --EricPement I did. --DMcCunney
A polling/survey system by users.
A better color scheme for the site. This one sucks.
VeditEditor? EpsilonEditor? Scintilla reviews
I'd also like to see some historical info on text editors for ancient systems such as SCOPE, PRIMOs or NOS.
-- RonPerrella
A guide to placing a particular editor in an editor family? E.g., I don't know whether TextPad belongs in the WordStarFamily, CuaFamily, etc.
''Why should an editor only be in one family? It may qualify for more than one. I've been placing additions in multiple families, if merited. --DMcCunney
A distinctive logo, rather than the generic "UseMod" one. (How about something in a nice Courier font?)
Are all the word processors mentioned in this article also mentioned here at TextEditors ? "Wrapping Up and Picking a Winner" article by Brian Proffitt 2001-11-30 http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/print/3928/
"The Year In Review: LinuxPlanet?'s Picks for the Best and Worst of 2001: Favorite Text Editor/Word? Processor" article by Michael Hall http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/3979/4/
http://www.ug.cs.sunysb.edu/~stark/cgi-bin/freebsd-cvs.cgi/ports/editors
Wouldn't it be cool to get
A reverse feature guide -- it would be nifty to be able to find all text editors that have a given feature. (We could use something like the WikiWikiWeb?'s categories, with each feature being its own category.)
Great suggestions.
a windows/linux cross-platform category
would save time looking at each editor to see if it is cross-platform
a ColumnMode Feature (a la UltraEdit) category
i've been using UltraEdit for years just for this feature. a HUGE timesaver. TextPad has it too. i haven't found a Linux editor that will do this. is there one? -- VIM does it, use Visual mode. if not, maybe this category would help spark it's inclusion on other editors.
I just found this VIM tidbit: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Inserting_text_in_multiple_lines can't quite get it to work, but it sounds like it should be similar to UltraEdit
Also, crimson has this feature.
I'm thinking of switching to the MediaWiki? software used by WikiPedia?.org -- any feedback? -- RonPerrella
You need something to combat the spamlinks. I just fixed the ones that zapped the HomePage, and MediaWiki? at least gives you more control on who can edit pages -- SeanDwyer
Sean, I've now put a system in place. Simple but effective. No spam for over a month! --RonPerrella
My feature request would be more stuff on writing the things, there's so many strategies. -- SeanDwyer
Note from editor: A spam blocking capability has been added. -- RonPerrella
I've become interested in editor history and so on. I think it is interesting to see how many editors derived from MicroEmacs, or at least used it as a starting point. For instance: MicroGNUEmacs?, GNOME, JASSPA, JED, CRISP, VILE, ZILE, just to name a few.
Instructions on how to add an editor to the site. I have no experience whatever with a Wiki. I am trying to add this to this page, but I really don't know how to add a new page and a link. I emailed Ron Perrella with information about an editor but got no reply. -- Paul Bartlett
Paul, I received your email and have posted the editor Sled . Thanks for the info! -- RonPerrella
Here's general feedback from a first-time visitor: On behalf of my clients, who are newbie website owners and not techy at all, I'm looking for the simplest text editor that happens to have syntax highlighting and can edit via FTP. I found the page discussing 'simplest' as a method of selecting a text editor -- but then there was no discussion of which editors are simple! Suddenly, despite its plain look, this site didn't seem so simple at all. In the same vein, I find no contact link, so I'm posting here instead. Compare the usability of [Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox] (which happens to have extraordinarily useful tips on this very topic). One page here lists editors with tick marks for each vote they've received, yet the page about selecting an editor makes it clear that separate tally lists would be helpful, one for each method of evaluating editors. To sum up my impression, this site seems like a fine discussion board for established users -- fans -- of text editors, but not necessarily a useful tool for those who need help finding a suitable one and whose focus otherwise lies elsewhere. (Please forgive the picky tone. Frustration at technological roadblock -> emotionality -> poor message. I really do like the simple look here. And the tone of the writing is not bad -- I can tell you really want to provide a helpful selection tool. I hope this feedback is useful.) -- Tom H.
Tom, I'll start something along these lines. Thanks for taking the time to tell the community about your ideas - it's true, we started as an enthusiast site but there's a lot of benefit to providing some simple guidance.
I'd like to see a link to TextFormattingRules on every action=edit page. --Grai?
-- YahyaAA 24 Oct 2013 13:17:02 UTC
I couldn't find FlDev listed when I ran a search using the site's search engine and Google. There are a few versions of FlDev, but one that's still actively developed and has been tested on various platforms is at http://sourceforge.net/projects/fldev/
It would be really helpful when searching for an Open Source editor to know which GUI toolkit an editor my use. For instance, FlDev uses FLTK, and SciTE uses GTK (with different versions work with GTK 1, 2 and 3).
In the Category Features section it mentions Text Comparison. Couldn't tell which editors offered that feature. However, it's very easy to add the feature to most extensible editors. With SciTE, I compare the text in the window I'm currently viewing with text from another named file. I use diff and diffh to create the output of the differences and have SciTE run the comparison and launch a web browser to view the output. If anyone wants the details, they can use Google and search for Scite Tips. At one point, I looked into the feasibility of doing something similar with vim and it's possible to use the same concept.
Please add TreePad?, www.treepad.com. It is a handy little tool. Also possibly FreeMind?, it organizes bits of text.
I would like to see a mailing list/forum here where we can discuss about text editors. Any questions about text editors on StackOverflow?, SuperUser?, StackExchange? or Reddit are downvoted to hell or "closed as off-topic" -- AkshayChavan
I see links to pages describing a few OSs and macro languages, but there doesn't seem to be index pages for those. They seem to be sort of off-topic, but could be viewed as useful background references. Is it okay for me to add those two indexes to the home page, for contributors to fill out, or is that getting too far away from this Wiki's purposes? --JLTurriff