java editor

[keizersoz]

Hi everyone,

I have some java code that requires changes,so I need to be able to perform operations like searching multiple files etc. Currently I'm only working with notepad, where I can't search multiple files . Does someone know such an editor that I could download from the internet, preferably free of charge.

thanks in advance
Peter Brownings

 

[prosper]

The file search option in eclipse can search the occurence of specific words in all projects, so all java files stored in the projects are the search target.
eclipse download link:

http://eclipse.planetmirror.com/downloads/

I choose version 2.12

main website

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/index.php

 

[sedj]

If you don't quite want to go down the full IDE path,

http://www.textpad.com

had a very good text editor which will perform the tasks you specified.

 

[EBGreen]

Vim baby!!

 

[LFI]

I really like EditPlus.

http://www.editplus.com/

Free 30 day trial. $30 (one time) after that. It has a feature that lets you search all the files in a particular directory at once.

--Dave

 

[sedj]

>>> Vim baby!!

real men use vi !!!

 

[EBGreen]

real men use vi !!!

 

[siberian]

I swear by eclipse for Java.

For perl and php I use vi, EditPlus and BBEdit depending on the OS I am on at the time.

But for Java I use Eclipse all over the place. Love it!

 

[stefanwagner]

real men don't use an editor for searching,
real men find:

It's a unix/linux tool, but available for windows too:

http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/

(a port for windows, not needing an emulator).
A lot of useful stuff comes along there (est.: 5MB) and if you get the taste of unxtools, come and switch to linux, where real men find

 

[siberian]

RealMen are not limited by their operating systems and can perform equally in a variety of environments

 

[stevexff]

I thought real men manipulated the bits on the disk by hand. With magnets...

 

[sedj]

stefanwagner :
... good point - what is wrong with `find` piped through to `xargs` with some `cat` and `sed` to finsih off with.

Beautiful !

 

[stefanwagner]

sedj: isn't used this way with textpad?

I guess I have to lern a bit about xargs.

Is 'sedj' somehow related to 'sed'?

 

[sedj]

>>>> Is 'sedj' somehow related to 'sed'?

my middle name is sedjwick !

 

[stefanwagner]

Oh no! you're kidding! Your first name is Al-Gori?

 

[sedj]

yeah thats right numnuts ...