Basic Features
| Spell checking | Regex-based find & replace | Encoding conversion | Newline conversion | Multiple undo/redo | Rectangular block selection | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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