Text editor

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A text editor is an application which assists users in creating and editing text files. Text editors are the primary method by which people write computer programs. It's therefore common for text editors to have features specific to programming.

[edit] Common Features

While text editors can vary widely in features, there are some features which are particularly common. They should be considered when choosing a text editor for some tasks.

• Multiple character set support
• Syntax highlighting
• Automatic indenting and other tools to help maintain good coding standards.
• Scripting of repetitive tasks

[edit] Text Editors

[edit] Linux / Unix

These editors, although native to a Unix-like environment, are sometime also available on other platforms.

• emacs
• nano / pico
• vi / vim

[edit] Mac OS X

• BBEdit
• TextMate

[edit] Microsoft Windows

• Notepad

[edit] See Also

• IDEs are basically text editors with extra components specific to software development tasks, such as debugger integration, GUI drawing, and project management.