Back in April of last year I submitted an article about Geany script editor. There are many different alternatives for editing the core files for Web-APP Content Management System. Here I would like to highlight two others in particular.
If you’re a Windows user and looking for an alternative to Window’s default Notepad, you might want to check out these two text editors: “PerlEdit” or “Notepad++”.
PerlEdit
From IndigoStar’s about page: “PerlEdit is an IDE for Perl and a general-purpose text editor. It includes a source code text editor with syntax highlighting and a visual debugger. It is fast and lightweight with a download size of less than 2 MB. PerlEdit is multi-platform and currently supports Windows and Linux.”
I have tried PerlEdit with Linux, Windows XP and 7 and found it simple to use.
Recently added features: Transparently edit files located on a remote machine using FTP. Search and replace uses Perl regular expressions. Recent file history, Goto subroutine function, line number display, uses Fixed font on Linux by default. Syntax highlighting now understands single line comments and strings.
You can download it from this page which also provides additional details concerning other features. PerlEdit is free for personal non-commercial use. Note that there are differences between free, lite, pro, and trial versions. Check the bottom of the page for more information.
Notepad++
If PerlEdit isn’t for you, and you would prefer to have a general, all purpose text editor (besides notepad or GNU-Text), be sure to check out Notepad++ (plus plus). It’s a free source code editor and notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License. Notepadd++ is available in many different languages and can easily be translated.
