gooser Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Slightly off-topic... I had been using Notepad++ for my Papyrus editing and compiling, but I started to try out Sublime Text 2 today and I really like it. Problem is that I just got a prompt to purchase a license it (I forgot it was trial wear). But $70? Seems steep....
nutluck Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 This is suppose to be a free version, I don't know if that is exactly what you are looking for. http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
nutluck Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 After a quick google search some other ones I founds was EditPad lite Notepad2 TED Notepad AkelPad all are suppose to be alternatives that works like notepad++
gooser Posted June 2, 2014 Author Posted June 2, 2014 Thanks Nutluck. I'm currently using Notepad++, its an editor I'm well familiar with, in fact I use it in my day job. I was surprised how much better Sublime Text works in a few ways, and yet dismayed by the asking price. I'd be willing to shell over $25 for a good text editor. Maybe I'm not seeing the whole picture with what they are offering. I'll keep digging.
blabba Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Thanks Nutluck. I'm currently using Notepad++, its an editor I'm well familiar with, in fact I use it in my day job. I was surprised how much better Sublime Text works in a few ways, and yet dismayed by the asking price. I'd be willing to shell over $25 for a good text editor. Maybe I'm not seeing the whole picture with what they are offering. I'll keep digging. Brackets It's meant to be a CSS/HTML editor and has special features for that. But it supports just about any type of plain text. It's plugin system is the same as Sublime Text. It's newer so the plugin count is far fewer, and not too many plugins exist for non-web style source editing. But I have no doubt that you can code your own Papyrus Syntax highlighter and make it have the same if not more features than Sublime Text. Other than that I think ST3 is a very good product and I have yet to find another similar or better editor. (More like other editors are starting to copy Sublime really)
Ashal Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Sublime Text is 100% worth it and then some, been using it for years and the things you can do with it pretty much make other editors seem completely unusable by comparison. You couldn't pay me to use another text editor. I also happen to use it for PHP and Python for work however, if it's just for Papyrus than up to you.
gooser Posted June 2, 2014 Author Posted June 2, 2014 Sublime Text is 100% worth it and then some, been using it for years and the things you can do with it pretty much make other editors seem completely unusable by comparison. You couldn't pay me to use another text editor. I also happen to use it for PHP and Python for work however, if it's just for Papyrus than up to you. Thanks Ashal. So far, the more I use it the more I am impressed. I really like the autocomplete. Seems to be able to pick up symbols a lot better than NP++. The only thing I still need to adjust to is the find results showing up in a tab, like any text window... Thanks Nutluck. I'm currently using Notepad++, its an editor I'm well familiar with, in fact I use it in my day job. I was surprised how much better Sublime Text works in a few ways, and yet dismayed by the asking price. I'd be willing to shell over $25 for a good text editor. Maybe I'm not seeing the whole picture with what they are offering. I'll keep digging. Brackets It's meant to be a CSS/HTML editor and has special features for that. But it supports just about any type of plain text. It's plugin system is the same as Sublime Text. It's newer so the plugin count is far fewer, and not too many plugins exist for non-web style source editing. But I have no doubt that you can code your own Papyrus Syntax highlighter and make it have the same if not more features than Sublime Text. Other than that I think ST3 is a very good product and I have yet to find another similar or better editor. (More like other editors are starting to copy Sublime really) Thanks blabba, I remember seeing a tweet about that a few weeks back and lost track of it. Thanks.
Ashal Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Sublime Text is 100% worth it and then some, been using it for years and the things you can do with it pretty much make other editors seem completely unusable by comparison. You couldn't pay me to use another text editor. I also happen to use it for PHP and Python for work however, if it's just for Papyrus than up to you. Thanks Ashal. So far, the more I use it the more I am impressed. I really like the autocomplete. Seems to be able to pick up symbols a lot better than NP++. The only thing I still need to adjust to is the find results showing up in a tab, like any text window...\ Learn to use it's keyboard shortcuts, a big part of what makes ST great is the fact that you can essentially navigate an entire project and jump around files in the blink of an eye without ever touching a mouse. Open your source code folder in ST, use ctrl+p to painlessly navigate through many files, multi-cursor selection, ctrl+d to quickly highlight whatever your cursor is on, hit it multiple times to select more instances of that same symbol, word, function, or whatever. Once you get used to typing in Sublime Text, you'll honestly find it hard to use anything else. http://code.tutsplus.com/articles/perfect-workflow-in-sublime-text-free-course--net-27293 has a lot of good tips on properly using sublime text to it's fullest.
gooser Posted June 2, 2014 Author Posted June 2, 2014 Sublime Text is 100% worth it and then some, been using it for years and the things you can do with it pretty much make other editors seem completely unusable by comparison. You couldn't pay me to use another text editor. I also happen to use it for PHP and Python for work however, if it's just for Papyrus than up to you. Thanks Ashal. So far, the more I use it the more I am impressed. I really like the autocomplete. Seems to be able to pick up symbols a lot better than NP++. The only thing I still need to adjust to is the find results showing up in a tab, like any text window...\ Learn to use it's keyboard shortcuts, a big part of what makes ST great is the fact that you can essentially navigate an entire project and jump around files in the blink of an eye without ever touching a mouse. Open your source code folder in ST, use ctrl+p to painlessly navigate through many files, multi-cursor selection, ctrl+d to quickly highlight whatever your cursor is on, hit it multiple times to select more instances of that same symbol, word, function, or whatever. Once you get used to typing in Sublime Text, you'll honestly find it hard to use anything else. http://code.tutsplus.com/articles/perfect-workflow-in-sublime-text-free-course--net-27293 has a lot of good tips on properly using sublime text to it's fullest. Thanks Ashal. I'll keep digging. Sounds like great stuff. I like the camel casing autocomplete ("EW" -> EndWhile, etc), and how it puts quotes on both sides of a selected literal. It seems like a big collection of great little ideas.
gooser Posted June 2, 2014 Author Posted June 2, 2014 Emacs is love, emacs is life. It is a universal axiom, that no matter the discussion, once editors are brought up, some Emacs die hard will chip in. LOL
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