[ale] OS Windows text editor for Unix files

Greg Freemyer greg.freemyer at gmail.com
Fri Dec 24 10:26:17 EST 2004


For simple editing, what is wrong with wordpad?

It is on every Win PC and it seems to handle UNIX formatted files for me.

Definately not for serious text-editing, but the request was for simple use.

Greg
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Greg Freemyer

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 20:03:04 -0500, Greg <runman at speedfactory.net> wrote:
> TextPad - and not, it's not free, but worth every penny.
> 
> Greg
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of Ben
> Coleman
> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 6:47 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] OS Windows text editor for Unix files
> 
> John Wells wrote:
> > I'm looking for a free (as in speech, hopefully) text editor that can
> > properly read and print these files on the windows side.  JEdit is the
> > only free one that's done a good job recognizing the line feeds and EOLs,
> > but the printing is horrible.
> >
> > Anyone know of one I should take a look at?  I've looked at a few others
> > (notepad++, notepad2, jext), but none fit the bill.  It's a VERY simple
> > task we're using it for, simply printing and viewing, so no super duper
> > features needed.
> 
> I'd suggest PFE, though it is no longer supported:
> http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/
> 
> Ben
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