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I noticed in the video tutorials your using TextMate on the mac. I’ve been looking for a good, not-bloated, text editor for windows and found one that’s based off TextMate…

http://www.e-texteditor.com/

Take a look and see what you think. Looks pretty good so far. I’m still playing with it though.

i saw the screencast and it looks like wysiwyg for text but if i need a editor i use vim and i notice if i’m using a mouse i’m losing time. Once you learn the shortcuts it’s an amazing tool and it runs on windows, mac and linux 😊

I have been using E for a couple of months and I really like it.  The developer was really responsive during the Beta and the current release is quite stable.  I wouldn’t say it is perfect, but it is currently my editor of choice.  Very fast and easy to create TM like snippets.  IMO, there is still some strange bulk included with the install (e.g. there is a “JavaSript Tools” bundle included that has a syntax checking command set to ctrl+s - obviously ctrl+s is taken), but it is good - the community just needs to port the TM snippets to windows properly.

How do I change my default syntax btw? It always starts with html, even if I open a .php file. It’s a bit annoying to have to manually change each time.

.php files open as .html files in E because TM handles syntax this way.  You may want to go to the E forums to double check, but I believe the following works:

open e\Bundles\HTML.tmbundle\Syntaxes\HTML.plist and delete line 12 (<string>php</string>).

open e\Bundles\PHP.tmbundle\Syntaxes\PHP.plist and add this after line 4 (<dict>)...

<key>fileTypes</key>
<array>
   <string>php</string>
</array>

If you are going to do this, make sure any HTML snippets you may want to use in .php files have source.php included in their scope.

SciTE is my best choise!Shere my config as follows:

                                SciTEGlobal.properties

# Global initialisation file for SciTE
# For Linux, place in $prefix/share/scite
# For Windows, place in same directory as SciTE.EXE (or Sc1.EXE)
# Documentation at http://www.scintilla.org/SciTEDoc.html
# Globals

# Window sizes and visibility
if PLAT_WIN
  position.left=10
  position.top=25
if PLAT_GTK
  position.left=5
  position.top=22
position.width=1000
position.height=690
#minimize.to.tray=1
#split.vertical=1
#output.horizontal.size=200
#output.vertical.size=60
#output.initial.hide=1
horizontal.scrollbar=1
horizontal.scroll.width=20000
output.horizontal.scrollbar=1
#output.horizontal.scroll.width=10000
#output.scroll=0
error.select.line=1
end.at.last.line=0
tabbar.visible=1
#tabbar.hide.one=1
tabbar.multiline=1
toolbar.visible=1
toolbar.detachable=0
toolbar.usestockicons=0
menubar.detachable=0
#undo.redo.lazy=1
statusbar.visible=1
#fileselector.width=800
#fileselector.height=600
#magnification=-1
#output.magnification=-1

# Sizes and visibility in edit pane
line.margin.visible=1
line.margin.width=2+
margin.width=0
#fold.margin.width=16
fold.margin.colour=#003642
fold.margin.highlight.colour=#0F4551
blank.margin.left=4
#blank.margin.right=4
buffered.draw=1
#two.phase.draw=0
use.palette=0

# Element styles
#view.eol=1
#control.char.symbol=.
caret.period=500
view.whitespace=0
view.indentation.whitespace=1
view.indentation.guides=1
highlight.indentation.guides=1

#current row highlight
caret.fore=#FF5D5D
caret.width=2
caret.line.back=#144A56
caret.line.back.alpha=50

edge.column=200
edge.mode=0
edge.colour=#C0DCC0
braces.check=1
braces.sloppy=1
selection.fore=#00ff00
# DADADA used as background because it yields standard silver C0C0C0
# on low colour displays and a reasonable light grey on higher bit depths
selection.alpha=80
selection.back=#000000
#whitespace.fore=#FF0000
#whitespace.back=#FFF0F0
error.marker.fore=#0000A0
error.marker.back=#DADAFF
bookmark.fore=#800000
bookmark.back=#FFFFA0
#bookmark.alpha=
find.mark=#0000FF

# Checking
are.you.sure=1
#are.you.sure.for.build=1
#save.all.for.build=1
#quit.on.close.last=1
load.on.activate=1
save.on.deactivate=0
are.you.sure.on.reload=1
reload.preserves.undo=1
check.if.already.open=1
default.file.ext=.cxx
#source.default.extensions=.h|.cxx|.bat
title.full.path=1
title.show.buffers=1
save.recent=1
save.session=1
session.bookmarks=1
session.folds=1
#open.dialog.in.file.directory=1
strip.trailing.spaces=1
#ensure.final.line.end=1
ensure.consistent.line.ends=1
#save.deletes.first=1
buffers=10
#buffers.zorder.switching=1
#api.*.cxx=d:\api\w.api
#win95.death.delay=1000
#translation.missing=***
#read.only=1
#max.file.size=1

# Indentation
tabsize=4
indent.size=4
use.tabs=0
indent.auto=1
indent.automatic=1
indent.opening=0
indent.closing=0
tab.indents=1
backspace.unindents=1

# PHP Auto-Indent
statement.indent.*.php=121 do else for if while case function foreach
statement.end

i echo xwero’s comment.

Vim is king. Make your own snippets. It’s not hard.

I’ve been using UltraEdit for a while on Windows and it’s a very capable text editor.  I’ve also been using the the new Zend PDT (PHP Development Toolkit) for Eclipse, which is very nice—it just takes a few extra seconds to load and some extra RAM.

I just (re) downloaded Apatan and it seems pretty slick - and I know its available for windows also.

Aptana definitely looks very promising, but their PHP support isn’t as strong the Zend PDT plugin.  Since both run on Eclipse, it may be useful to install Aptana and PDT in the same Eclipse instance then use PDT for PHP and Aptana for JavaScript.

Derek, how does Apatana CSS editing compare to Dreamweaver?

Derek, how does Apatana CSS editing compare to Dreamweaver?

You know, I do all my CSS in the text editing window, and in that regard it seems almost identical (I like how Aptana handles tabs better “out of the box”).

If you use Dreamweaver’s CSS panel, then there is no comparison, but if you use the text edit window, you won’t notice much difference.

I use Geany for development because i find it to be a really nice GUI-based solution. 😊

Its available for Win also. Never tried the winversion though. I am a full-time Linux user 😉

Beside Geany I use the excellent editor mentioned above (vim).

Take a peak at Geany here: http://geany.uvena.de/Main/HomePage

I use and love PsPad.

http://www.pspad.com/

Notepad++ for the win.