Researched 02/23/2011
List of Text Editors -
JEdit - http://www.jedit.org - Programmers Text Editor - free software under GLP 2.0
jEdit is a mature programmer's text editor with hundreds
(counting the time developing plugins) of person-years of development behind
it. To download, install, and set up jEdit as quickly and painlessly as
possible, go to the Quick Start page.
While jEdit beats many expensive development tools for features and ease of
use, it is released as free software with full source code, provided under
the terms of the GPL 2.0.
Written in Java, so it runs on Mac OS X, OS/2, Unix, VMS and Windows.
NotePad++ - http://notepad-plus-plus.org - editor for Windows
Quotes from site:
Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer")
source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several
languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by
GPL License.
Notepad++ is written in C++
TextPad - www.textpad.com - editor for Windows
Single user $27. Download trial for free.
PSPad - http://www.pspad.com - Universal freeware editor
Quotes from site:
Softpedia guarantees that PSPad is 100% FREE, which means it is a freeware
product (both for personal and commercial use) that does not contain any
form of malware, including but not limited to: spyware, viruses, trojans and
backdoors.
The editor supports many file types and languages, with syntax highlighting.
Crimson Editor - http://www.crimsoneditor.com - freeware (download from sourceforge)
Quotes from site:
Crimson Editor is FREEWARE. You are free to download and use it.
If you find it useful, please distribute it to your friends without any
modification.
While it can serve as a good replacement for Notepad, it also offers
many powerful features for programming languages such as HTML, C/C++,
Perl and Java
TotalEdit - www.codertools.com/totaledit.aspx - 100% free edition - notepad replacement.
EditPad Lite (3.5 meg) - http://www.editpadlite.com - free for non-commercial use
Researched years ago.