By bohtho on

Hi,

Just curious, since I'm looking for a lean php editor as a replacement for notepad in windows: What php editors are you using ?

Does one exist which also can patch and diff ? I've tried eclipse with a the php plugin but I think eclipse is slow and a bit sluggish when you frequently close the window and then look at a another php file again.

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heine commented

I use pspad for the quick & dirty work. Eclipse is indeed more for serious (ie longer) development.

pspad sports tabs, multi-highlighting, UNIX/MAC/DOS line ending, UTF8, 16 (LE/BE) encoding. No ability to patch however; I would recommend unxutils for patching.
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peterx commented

I use an old version of jedit and I keep it open. jedit is java based which means I can use the same editor on Windows and other operating systems. Java is very slow to start which is why I do not close jedit. I close only the file I am editing.

Jedit has a great search feature to find files and it automatically opens the files when you click on a line in the search results. The directory search feature is another reason to keep jedit open all the time.

My old version does not have diff or patch.

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Dublin Drupaller commented

I use an an editor for windows called Crimson editor. I have tried out another one called notepad2 (Freeware) but crimson editor is what I find myself using most for editing modules/template/css.

It doesn't have a patch utility (that I know of) - I tend to just copy and paste - very carefully the patches into the modules when needed. Could never get my head around the patching instructions and tips in the handbook.

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Edited: Actually I am just trying out pspad (recommended by Heine) and that looks like it is better than the ones I mentioned.

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dpolitech commented

I'm a big fan of gVim for windows:

vim online

Syntax highlighting, diffs, regex, it's all there in a lightweight package. If you've never used vi before, the learning curve can be a bit steep, but well worth your time...

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bohtho commented

Nobody have seen a light source code editor with patching capabilities for windows ?