Typically, the operating system and software development packages contain text editors that can be used to edit configuration files, document files, and source code.
Here are the 10 best free code text editors I've summed up:
1.notepad++
Notepad++ is a free and excellent text editor that supports a variety of programming languages that run in the MS Windows environment. notepad++ supports syntax highlighting and code folding for more than 50 programming, scripting, and markup languages, allowing users to quickly reduce or enlarge code snippets to see the entire document. Users can also set the current language manually and override the default language. The program also supports the automatic completion of some programming language API subsets.
Official website: http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
2.VIM
Vim is a highly freely configurable text editor. It is the VI editor of the improved version, but also free software. The due process is established to handle code and many other things, not just to write emails and open profiles. It allows you to edit the text and save a simple text file, but its main function is to edit the code. It supports syntax highlighting and line numbering, which are the two basic features required to write a program. Users can also change the color of the interface to increase the visibility of the code.
For text editing, Vim includes spelling checker in multiple languages and has the ability to suggest how to correct spelling errors. Even when you are writing code, it can come in handy, because the application checks only text that is not recognized as code. Of course, you can also quickly jump from this error to the next to better proofread the text.
Vim is the best choice for programmers and developers to handle various text edits.
Official website: http://www.vim.org/
3.GNU Emacs
Emacs is a portable, extensible, free text editor. Emacs provides commands to manage statements and paragraphs, highlighting the syntax that makes the source code easier to read, and keyboard macros to perform user-defined editing commands. Emacs can run on several operating systems, regardless of the type of machine you are using. This is very useful to programmers. If you are using a common programming language, Emacs will also provide you with patterns and corresponding typography and layout, more convenient for you to edit the code.
Emacs may not be the simplest tool, but it is definitely one of the most powerful editors. More memory is required than the Vim,emacs start time. However, it is highly customizable and includes a large number of features.
Official website: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
4.SUBLIME TEXT
SUBLIME text is an excellent free software/commercial text editor. A nice user interface, excellent functionality and stunning performance will certainly make you fondle admiringly. It is available for Windows, Mac OS x, and Linux systems and is free of charge, and there is no limit to this free time. Of course, you can also spend 70 of dollars to buy a full license. A license allows you to use more than one computer you own, no matter what operating system each computer is using.
Official website: http://www.sublimetext.com/
5.ATOM
Atom is a free open source text and source editor for Mac OS X, Gnu/linux, and windows that is developed by GitHub and supports the use of Node.js to write plug-ins and embed git contral. No one wants to waste their time on configuring their own editors, so Atom is born. It comes pre-loaded with all the features you should expect from a modern text editor. Also, Atom comes with a tabbed interface, multiple pane layouts, a simple file browser, and easy to learn curve diagrams so you can get started quickly.
Official website: https://atom.io/
6.PSPAD
The PSPad editor is a free text editor and source editor that provides not only advanced text-editing capabilities but also many development tools. PSPad is equipped with 16-in editor, CP conversion, text differences, templates, macros, spell checker options, AutoComplete, and code resource manager. Its powerful feature set can meet almost anyone's needs, whether it is a beginner or an experienced programmer.
Official website: http://www.pspad.com/en/
7.GEANY
Geany is a lightweight, cross-platform, GUI-based text editor that uses Scintilla and GTK +, including basic IDE features. It can be used for a variety of operating systems, such as BSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, and Windows operating systems. Its supported programming languages and markup languages are C, C + +, C #, Java, JavaScript, PHP, HTML, LaTex, CSS, Python, Perl, Ruby, Pascal, Haskell, Erlang, Vala, and so on.
Because Geany has the compatibility of some of the most common and most popular programming languages, you can use your familiar programming language to develop projects, export them later, or even compile them directly with external tools. This application allows you to create templates from pre-built main classes, modules, HTML, PHP, RB, and Tex files.
Unlike traditional unix-based editors, such as Emacs and Vim,geany, more like the programming editor for Microsoft Windows, such as Notepad and notepad++, both use Scintilla. All in all, this is an absolutely indispensable application for developers ' computers.
Official website: http://www.geany.org/
8.ECLIPSE
With a friendly integrated development environment, Eclipse provides a range of tools for developing web and Java applications for various types of users. Although focused on Java, it also supports a variety of other programming languages, such as C + +, JavaScript, PHP, C, Perl, Fortran, Ruby, Python, and even COBOL. It also includes source code and graphics editors for various languages, wizards, and built-in applications to simplify development, as well as tools and APIs that support the deployment, running, and testing of the app.
Eclipse provides a wealth of plug-ins that help create, integrate, and use software tools more easily, saving time and money.
Official website: https://eclipse.org/
9.JEDIT
JEdit is a free, Java-written text editor that can run on any operating system, including BSD, Linux, Mac OS x, and Windows. JEdit has defeated many expensive development tools with its powerful features and convenient usage, and it is free software with complete source code under the terms of the GPL (general Public License) 2.0. JEdit is highly customizable and can be extended with macros written in BeanShell, Jython, JavaScript, and some other scripting languages. All in all, this is a generic text-editing tool that can be used not only for simple plain text editing, but also for checking various types of code.
Official website: http://jedit.org/
10. NETBEANS
Official website: https://netbeans.org/
Of course editplus, EmEditor and so on is also a good tool. Domestic personnel commonly used.
English Original: The best free Text Editors
Translation Author: Code Rural network – Xiao Feng