Web development text/code editors for Windows

Question

I'm currently using E-TextEditor. This application is trying very hard to be TextMate for Windows, but unfortunately it isn't very stable. Also, it has some serious problems opening minified files (e.g. 70 kB JavaScript files), which is unacceptable IMHO.

Notepad2 has no problem at all opening these files, and seems to be very stable as well. Unfortunately, it doesn't allow multiple file instances through tabs, and it lacks a remote editing feature.

To me, the perfect text editor would be something as fast and lightweight as Notepad2, but with added features such as opening documents in tabs and remote editing through FTP.

So, any suggestions? Which editor do you use to directly edit files through FTP?

P.S.: I'm not looking for heavy applications like Zend Studio or Dreamweaver. A simple program with the abovementioned features that doesn't take 30 seconds to launch would be perfect, ithankyou.

P.P.S.: And yes, I read the Text Editors topic, but my question obviously is a little more specific.

Answer 1

I believe Notepadd++ has an FTP plugin and it has tabbing.

Answer 2

Ultraedit is pretty good, it's not as lightweight as it ought to be, but it's very versatile, very stable, has tabs and can edit via FTP.

Answer 3

jEdit with it's FTP plugin.

Answer 4

I know someone already mentioned TextPad, but I would like to elaborate further on this choice. There are so many bests, I can't seem to pick one, so here is a list:

Block select - geometrically select a rectangular area for copy/paste operation Regular Expression in Find/Replace options - you can use def.*leppard.*hysteria to find matches like def_leppard_-_hysteria Find in Files - absolutely awesome, use regular expressions and specify a base folder, specify in subfolders, specify filename match, i.e. *.txt and viola! A report is produced telling you which files, along with the lines with selectable text.

The rest of the features are standard stuff.

Answer 5

Another 1+ for notepad++, works very well :). There is also HippoEdit. Tried it for a while, but I didn't like it much, maybe takes some time to get used to it. But you might want to try it out.

Answer 6

I strongly suggest you check out Notepad++. It is perfectly capable of all the things you mentioned. The user interface could use some improvements IMO, but based on your specifications, this application should be the way to go.