Comments for NuBlue Blog http://www.nublue.co.uk/blog UK Web design & development blog Sun, 18 May 2008 00:20:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 Comment on PC Text Editors – Which team do you follow? by Ted http://www.nublue.co.uk/blog/pc-text-editors-%e2%80%93-which-team-do-you-follow/#comment-3543 Ted Thu, 15 May 2008 23:50:49 +0000 http://www.nublue.co.uk/blog/pc-text-editors-%e2%80%93-which-team-do-you-follow/#comment-3543 TextPad for me - actually paid the licence fee - now there's committment! Tried NotePad++ could never quite get the hang of it. Tried Apana but seems OTT when all you want is a simple text editor. TextPad for me - actually paid the licence fee - now there’s committment!

Tried NotePad++ could never quite get the hang of it.

Tried Apana but seems OTT when all you want is a simple text editor.

]]> Comment on PC Text Editors – Which team do you follow? by michelangelo http://www.nublue.co.uk/blog/pc-text-editors-%e2%80%93-which-team-do-you-follow/#comment-3540 michelangelo Thu, 15 May 2008 19:32:14 +0000 http://www.nublue.co.uk/blog/pc-text-editors-%e2%80%93-which-team-do-you-follow/#comment-3540 My vote for Notepad ++. By the way, it also comes in a <a href="http://portableapps.com/news/2008-05-12_-_notepadpp_portable_4.9.2" rel="nofollow">portable version</a>. My vote for Notepad ++. By the way, it also comes in a portable version.

]]> Comment on PC Text Editors – Which team do you follow? by Andy http://www.nublue.co.uk/blog/pc-text-editors-%e2%80%93-which-team-do-you-follow/#comment-3534 Andy Wed, 14 May 2008 18:29:53 +0000 http://www.nublue.co.uk/blog/pc-text-editors-%e2%80%93-which-team-do-you-follow/#comment-3534 TextPad+ (that's a vote for TextPad :) TextPad+ (that’s a vote for TextPad :)

]]> Comment on PC Text Editors – Which team do you follow? by xtfer http://www.nublue.co.uk/blog/pc-text-editors-%e2%80%93-which-team-do-you-follow/#comment-3526 xtfer Wed, 14 May 2008 00:33:50 +0000 http://www.nublue.co.uk/blog/pc-text-editors-%e2%80%93-which-team-do-you-follow/#comment-3526 +1 for Notepad++ Not as good as textmate, but nearly there... +1 for Notepad++

Not as good as textmate, but nearly there…

]]> Comment on PC Text Editors – Which team do you follow? by Jarvis http://www.nublue.co.uk/blog/pc-text-editors-%e2%80%93-which-team-do-you-follow/#comment-3525 Jarvis Tue, 13 May 2008 23:26:56 +0000 http://www.nublue.co.uk/blog/pc-text-editors-%e2%80%93-which-team-do-you-follow/#comment-3525 Have a look at NoteTab. I'm using the free (Light) version and it's great. Has a really powerful search & replace functionality (can also search & replace based on Regular Expressions). apparently has syntax highlighting but I've never bothered to use it... It's fast and has multi document tabs. http://www.notetab.com Have a look at NoteTab. I’m using the free (Light) version and it’s great.
Has a really powerful search & replace functionality (can also search & replace based on Regular Expressions). apparently has syntax highlighting but I’ve never bothered to use it… It’s fast and has multi document tabs.
http://www.notetab.com

]]> Comment on PC Text Editors – Which team do you follow? by Sugar http://www.nublue.co.uk/blog/pc-text-editors-%e2%80%93-which-team-do-you-follow/#comment-3520 Sugar Tue, 13 May 2008 14:31:00 +0000 http://www.nublue.co.uk/blog/pc-text-editors-%e2%80%93-which-team-do-you-follow/#comment-3520 Amen. E is the absolute text editor for the Mac user that has gone the Textmate way, but must use Windows for a living. It's a bit uglier than Textmate, granted, but it's very useful and handy to use, eventhough it's still a bit buggy in some areas. There are very often updates though, with many bugfixes. It quickly took the place of Dreamweaver in my heart, and I'll never look back. Amen. E is the absolute text editor for the Mac user that has gone the Textmate way, but must use Windows for a living.

It’s a bit uglier than Textmate, granted, but it’s very useful and handy to use, eventhough it’s still a bit buggy in some areas.

There are very often updates though, with many bugfixes. It quickly took the place of Dreamweaver in my heart, and I’ll never look back.

]]> Comment on PC Text Editors – Which team do you follow? by Ben Buchanan http://www.nublue.co.uk/blog/pc-text-editors-%e2%80%93-which-team-do-you-follow/#comment-3515 Ben Buchanan Tue, 13 May 2008 13:11:47 +0000 http://www.nublue.co.uk/blog/pc-text-editors-%e2%80%93-which-team-do-you-follow/#comment-3515 I found E was a bit clunky when I tried it. Seemed like an iffy port. Maybe it has improved :) I'm surprised you didn't run into Textpad, although it's a little long in the tooth it does everything you really need. I also second the InType vote, even if it is still in alpha ;) I found E was a bit clunky when I tried it. Seemed like an iffy port. Maybe it has improved :)

I’m surprised you didn’t run into Textpad, although it’s a little long in the tooth it does everything you really need. I also second the InType vote, even if it is still in alpha ;)

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]]> Comment on Magento Guide, Part 1 - Installing Magento by Ewan http://www.nublue.co.uk/blog/magento-guide-part-1-installing-magento/#comment-3512 Ewan Tue, 13 May 2008 09:28:48 +0000 http://www.nublue.co.uk/blog/magento-guide-part-1-installing-magento/#comment-3512 Magento IS multi-lingual, but I cannot advise whether it currently supports the language/s you require. I'd advise you to first, look in the admin area in Magento's demo store - you'll want to look under System - Configuration - and see if your language is supported. It would be worth looking in the Magento Forums as well, as there are several multiple language topics in there that may advise you on any projects to add the relevant languages to Magento. Hope that helps. Magento IS multi-lingual, but I cannot advise whether it currently supports the language/s you require. I’d advise you to first, look in the admin area in Magento’s demo store - you’ll want to look under System - Configuration - and see if your language is supported. It would be worth looking in the Magento Forums as well, as there are several multiple language topics in there that may advise you on any projects to add the relevant languages to Magento. Hope that helps.

]]> Comment on PC Text Editors – Which team do you follow? by Danny Weiss http://www.nublue.co.uk/blog/pc-text-editors-%e2%80%93-which-team-do-you-follow/#comment-3495 Danny Weiss Sat, 10 May 2008 22:49:27 +0000 http://www.nublue.co.uk/blog/pc-text-editors-%e2%80%93-which-team-do-you-follow/#comment-3495 So you say you "... set out on a mission to find the best text editor on PC ...," certainly a worthwhile challenge. I'm not going to dispute your conclusions as far as they go, but I would contend you haven't gone far enough. As you point out, there are many WIndows based text editors available, but you've discussed only a very small fraction. Of course, most of us would probably stop such a search upon finding a satisfactory solution for our own needs, but then lets not call this a search for the best text editor available when, in fact, it is merely one for a satisfactory editor for one user's current needs. FWIW, my own search ended after I found Textpad and UltraEdit ver. 11.x. I would not call either of those programs the ultimate text editor, but they generally get the job done. I suppose I favor UltraEdit a bit, so I'll also note that there may be some advantage to finding a program you like and sticking with it without bothering to upgrade every time a new feature is added. I've only looked at the feature lists for the latest versions of UltraEdit, but based on that I'm inclined to agree that it is certainly possible to overwhelm an otherwise good program with too many nice but unnecessary features, buttons, menus, etc. -Danny So you say you “… set out on a mission to find the best text editor on PC …,” certainly a worthwhile challenge. I’m not going to dispute your conclusions as far as they go, but I would contend you haven’t gone far enough. As you point out, there are many WIndows based text editors available, but you’ve discussed only a very small fraction. Of course, most of us would probably stop such a search upon finding a satisfactory solution for our own needs, but then lets not call this a search for the best text editor available when, in fact, it is merely one for a satisfactory editor for one user’s current needs.

FWIW, my own search ended after I found Textpad and UltraEdit ver. 11.x. I would not call either of those programs the ultimate text editor, but they generally get the job done. I suppose I favor UltraEdit a bit, so I’ll also note that there may be some advantage to finding a program you like and sticking with it without bothering to upgrade every time a new feature is added. I’ve only looked at the feature lists for the latest versions of UltraEdit, but based on that I’m inclined to agree that it is certainly possible to overwhelm an otherwise good program with too many nice but unnecessary features, buttons, menus, etc.

-Danny

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