There is another for linux called CoolEdit which is pretty nice. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Jorgensen [mailto:jasonj at talkware.net] > Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 11:06 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] text editor wars > > > UltraEdit is a powerful editor for windows. I have > successfully run it > and its installer under wine. You might want to consider that. > > For a linux app there is Kate. Its basically the same as > kde's advanced > editor with a more features. > > I dont know what version of KDE you have installed, but the latest > version of KDE's advanced editor seems to have all the features you > requested. Right clicking on the right side of a line of text > moves the > cursor to the end of that line of text, not where you > clicked. You can > change the font, and the CR/LF/CRLF stuff. > > > > > Ben Stallings wrote: > > >Hello again. I recently (this weekend) made the switch to > Linux as my > >primary OS after being a Mac person since 1985. One of the > parts of the > >transition I'm having most trouble with is actually text > editors... I was > >very happy with Tex Edit Plus on the Mac, and none of the > editors that came > >with my distribution come close to its usefulness for my purposes. > >Specifically, > > > >* When I click beyond the right-hand side of a line of text, > I want the > >cursor to appear after the last character I typed on that > line, not where I > >clicked (as happens in the KDE Text Editor and Advanced > Editor). KMail does > >a good job of this, but I can't use KMail for all my text > editing needs. > > > >* Ability to change quickly between CR, LF, and CRLF line > endings is a > >must. > >The KDE Advanced Editor does this well, but the above-cited > behavior makes it > >annoying otherwise. > > > >* Ability to change the display font is also a must, since I > find the > >font > >used by the KDE Advanced Editor hard to read. (Is there a > way to change > >this??) > > > >* I prefer not to discover arcane keyboard commands by mistake, so > >please > >don't tell me Emacs is the One True Editor. I don't dispute > that it's great. > >It's just not for me. > > > >* Extra bells and whistles like rulers just slow things > down... I guess > >this > >isn't the world's fastest computer. I don't have a printer > and don't do a > >lot of programming, so I don't need formatting tools for > those purposes. > > > >* Tex Edit has a nifty pop-up menu that lets you insert any ASCII > >character > >and shows you what character you've got if you select one. > Something like > >that would be handy, since I handle a lot of cross-platform > files. Heck, if > >it could recognize the Mac and Windows extended ASCII as > well as Unicode, > >that would be a dream. > > > >Suggestions? > > > >Thanks again! --Ben (running Yellow Dog Linux on a PowerBook G3) > >_______________________________________________ > >tclug-list mailing list > >tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-> linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >