Free Text Editor?

Currently I am using Notepad++, but it doesn't support "Whole Word Only" searches. For example, I want to search for the word "EAT" but it will find all words with the letters EAT, e.g eating etc. That is annoying!

Anyone recommend a good FREE Text Editor that supports Whole Word Searches and which can change color on particular text?

 

Notepad++ does support whole word searches - there's a checkbox for it when doing a search.

 

You may also want to look here "Best Free Text Editor", be sure to scroll down the page and read all the comments, also check out the main page Gizmo's Freeware Reviews and bookmark it for future reference

 

http://www.crimsoneditor.com/
http://liquidninja.com/metapad/
http://www.tinyedit.com/

 

I use Notepad2 in place of regular Notepad, but I have Notepad++ installed too (unicode version). Both of them support RegEx searches (Regular Expression) as do most other advanced text editors. RegEx is a semi-standard set of special rules you can use to specify complicated search criteria. It takes a bit of effort to learn, but once you do you'll be able to search (and replace) everything, and you'll be a happier text editor user.

 

Yes it does and you can use regular expressions, too.
Mrk

 

Not in my version! I am using v5.7

And notepad++ cannot change colour of text in a text file.

 

I'm using v5.7 also...

Yes, it can. Settings->Style Configurator->Global Styles->Default Style->Foreground colour

 

RJ TextEd perhaps?

 

Ahhhh Mine was ghosted! that's why I didn't notice it!

Under Search Mode, I had "Regular Expression" selected for some reason and that ghosts the "Match whole world".

Ok now I got that sorted out..... is it possible to change color on certain text and save it as that color?

 

Thank you Mr.PC. I will look at this, because I don't think notepad++ can change colour on text.

Does it do spell check as well?

 

you could try out vim
http://www.vim.org/
here are some videos you can watch first before you make up your mind :
here
this one might be useful as it mentions gVim and cream
here's the cream download a vim frontend. i think it's good for vi/m newcomers because it has a nice gui and perhaps uses some noobie friend plugins. vim has 1000s of great plugins to add to its functionality
http://cream.sourceforge.net/

ther are lots of useful links on this pages -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_(text_editor)
http://dailyvim.blogspot.com/
http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/100-vim-commands-every-programmer-should-know
http://www.delicious.com/search?p=vim tips
http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/
http://www.ixibo.com/2009/04/how-to-use-vi-vim-like-a-pro-download-cheat-sheets/
http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/Tutor/vi.html
http://shibuvarkala.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-make-password-protected.html
http://silverwraith.com/papers/vi-quickref.txt



however, vi could be a bit overkill for what you want

BTW i know i went OTT with the links but i bookmarked them myself because i hadn't looked for any in a while.

 

Save the color in the text file? That wouldn't be normal text anymore. You can use a word processor like OpenOffice.org for that purpose.

 

Yes, it does. To add more Dictionaries, go to the menu Environment >Add-ons...

 

Crimson Editor