Notepad++ replacement

windows text-editor code-snippets
bah picture bah · May 13, 2010 · Viewed 8.2k times · Source

I've been using Notepad++ for a while now, but I noticed it doesn't have code snippets (I found the QuickText plug-in, but it doesn't work anymore), so I'd like to switch editor and my requirements would be:

  1. Fast startup.
  2. Code snippets.
  3. Ability to use themes.
  4. File tree view (or plug-in, which does that).
  5. FREE if possible, but I'll consider buying if it's exactly what I want.

What are you using?

Answer

Ben Hoffstein picture Ben Hoffstein · May 13, 2010

The E Text Editor (clone of TextMate for Windows) is worth a look. It supports all TextMate snippets, has a file tree view (watch the screencast), has multiple themes, and starts up relatively fast.

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