Comparison of Text Editors - Basic Features

Basic Features

Text editor support for basic editing features
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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
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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
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