5 best programming text editors

In many cases, we will use a plain text editor. The notepad function provided by Windows is very simple, therefore, we selected the first five best text editors (six in fact) from the voting nominations of netizens ). These editors are actually mainly suitable for programmers. Their list is as follows.

　　Notepad ++(Windows)

It is better than a text editor of Windows notepad. It is completely free and open-source. It can be used for syntax highlighting, code folding, and Macros in different programming languages and is highly customizable.

　　Emacs(All platforms)

The Emacs text editor is favored by senior programmers. It has built-in macro functions and powerful keyboard commands, which is a pleasure for editing code. This program is almost transplanted to every platform, there are multiple releases, the most popular of which are GNU Emacs and XEmacs, which are cross-platform, completely free and open-source.

　　UltraEdit(Windows)

UltraEdit is a $49.95 shared software and provides a user-friendly programming editor that supports syntax highlighting, code folding, and macros, as well as a bunch of other functions, built-in support for HTML, PHP, JavaScript, and other syntaxes, and a similar sharing software EditPlus is also good.

　　TextMate(Mac OS X)

The $63 TextMate feature is powerful and more attractive, and its interface is very attractive. In just a few years, it has won a large number of enthusiasts. If Windows users like TextMate, they can try E Text Editor similar to TextMate.

　　Vim(All platforms)

Like Emacs, Vim is very popular with keyboard macros. As a descendant of the famous veteran editor Vi, Vim is very suitable for programmers who operate on the keyboard. Vim is highly customizable. Windows users can try gVim or gVim Portable, while Mac users have MacVim. If you only need a lightweight editor with Vim's most distinctive features, try Cream.

　　TextPad(Windows)

The Windows-based sharing software TextPad is priced at $32.5. It also has a variety of functions suitable for programmers, syntax highlighting, code interception, and macros. TextPad has good search capabilities and ease of use.