Basic Features
Spell checking | Regex-based find & replace | Encoding conversion | Newline conversion | Multiple undo/redo | Rectangular block selection | |
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Acme | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
AkelPad | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Alphatk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Aquamacs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
BBEdit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bluefish | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Coda | Yes | Some | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
ConTEXT | No | Partial | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Crimson Editor | Instant/live (like Firefox) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Diakonos | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
E Text Editor | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ed | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
EditPlus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Editra | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
EmEditor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Geany | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
gedit | Yes | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Via plug-in |
GNU Emacs | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Gobby | No | No | Partial | Partial | No | No |
JED | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
jEdit | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
JOE | Plugin | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
KEDIT | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Komodo Edit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
KWrite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
LE | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Metapad | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
MinEd | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
MS-DOS Editor | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Nano | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Spell checking | Regex-based find & replace | Encoding conversion | Newline conversion | Multiple undo/redo | Rectangular block selection | |
NEdit | Plugin | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Notepad | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Notepad++ | Plugin, on-demand only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Notepad2 | No | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
NoteTab | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
nvi | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? |
Pico | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? |
PolyEdit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Programmer's Notepad | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
PSPad | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Q10 | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
RJ TextEd | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RText | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
SciTE | No | Limited | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
skEdit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SlickEdit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Smultron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Source Insight | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SubEthaEdit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
TED Notepad | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
TextEdit | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
TextMate | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
TextPad | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
TextWrangler | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The SemWare Editor | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
UltraEdit | Yes | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
VEDIT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Vim | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
XEmacs | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Yi | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
Spell checking | Regex-based find & replace | Encoding conversion | Newline conversion | Multiple undo/redo | Rectangular block selection |
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