Text editor for ASP coding

[JamesLean]

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good, FREE text editor for coding ASP/HTML. I use InterDev at work but only really for the syntax help and colour formatting as I code everything by hand.

I just find having the different colours helps when checking/debugging code and was looking for an editor which does this for use at home.

I don't really need advanced features like site management or any WYSIWYG stuff. Ideally it would just be something like notepad but with nicely formatted text!

Any suggestions? --James

 

[FesterSXS]

I use UltraEdit v9 - very nice editor. You can get a 90 day fully operational trial version or the registered version is only $20 I think.

http://www.ultraedit.com

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[jromeroc]

I use Primalscript v2.2 (

http://www.sapien.com/products.htm)

 

[Tarwn]

I use Editplus, it's free and doesn't timeout. Color coding is available for html, asp, xml, xsd, xsl, wap, css, jsp, php, javascript, vbscript, *breathe*, java, C, c++, basic, and on and on and on I think quake scripting and dark basic are the two oddest entries in their languages definition files These are downloadable (free) from the editplus site, but the editor comes with a minimum of html, C/C++, Java.

I'd go through the functionality options, but t would take to long, I'll just leave it at:
a) everything has a hotkey
b) the search options allow you to:
1) search or search and replace as usual (file, selection, all open files)
2) search and replace as #1, but using regular expressions
3) find something in all files in a directory, allowing subdirectory searching as well
4) quickeys to find next, find previous, find next word, find previous word
c) there are 100 user configurable tools, I have a Java bar with java compilation stuff and a couple other language bars with compiler functions, but they didn't leave me wanting much

Another option is TextPad, I don't personally use it, but thats what onpnt (and several others) use and I have a coworker at work that swears by it.

-Tarwn
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[bobmmp]

I also use UltraEdit Version is older than the V9 about. Great editor.

 

[ChrisHirst]

give EasyASP a try free for personal use

http://www.easyasp.org/

Chris.
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[JamesLean]

Thanks all for your suggestions! Time for some evaluation methinks... --James