What is the best alternative to SciTE?

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score 981 · Answer 1

Atom

Arduino is the most important platform for developing embedded systems. See More

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Platforms:Windows, Mac, Linux

License:MIT

Price:free

Dev platforms:Windows; macOS; Linux

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score 53 · Answer 2

Kate

Supported remote file editing protocols:FTP; HTTP; SSH; WebDAV

Collaborative editing:No

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score 31 · Answer 3

Light Table

Top Pro

Inline evaluation

With LT's inline evaluation, you don't have to re-compile your whole source file. Each time you want to see an output, all you have to do is hover your cursor over the line you'd like to evaluate and press ctrl+enter; LT will evaluate that line of code for you. See More

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Your code runs live as you write it

The "Watches" feature lets you see your code running live as you type it. This means that you can debug your code live while writing it, which leads to considerably less programming errors. See More

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Plugin manager available

LT has a plugin manager built directly inside of it. This plugin manager connects to LT's own registry of plugins, so whenever you want assistance while writing your HTML, JS, or even Python, just open up the plugin manager, search for it, and click the little install button beside it's name. Your plugin will then be installed. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows; macOS; Linux

License:MIT

Price:Free /Opensource

Auto Complete:Y

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score 14 · Answer 4

Howl

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Platforms:Windows; OSX; *nix

14 1

score 1835 · Answer 5

Visual Studio Code

It supports pretty web rtl languages like arabic languages when most of other editors don't support it. See More

Top Pro

Inline definition picking and usages finding

These features allow you to have a glance at code without opening it as a whole in a separate tab. Moreover, editing is allowed. See More

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Good support for new Emmet syntax

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Platforms:Windows; macOS; Linux

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score 39 · Answer 6

Gedit

Collaborative editing:plug-in

Supported remote file editing protocols:FTP; HTTP; SSH; WebDAV

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score 316 · Answer 7

PhpStorm

Save time of building your own or integrating libraries for testing RESTful Web Services. PHPStorm enables you to test endpoints without leaving your workspace or disrupting your workflow . You can code your endpoints in one window and test it immediately from another window. See More

Top Pro

Regular updates for fixes and new features

PhpStorm is clearly being developed continually, which gives confidence that it will be available for some time and is not abandonware. See More

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Task/Context functionality

Similar to Eclipse Mylyn: you can create tasks or retrieve them from your ticketing system, and each task keeps its own context (opened files, modifications, etc.). See More

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Excellent search tools

Especially the "find in path" feature that displays both results and file preview! See More

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Cross Platform:Yes

Multi Language Support:Yes

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score 419 · Answer 8

Spacemacs

419 56

score 56 · Answer 9

MacVim

License:GPL compatible

Collaborative editing:plug-in

Extension language:vimscript

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score 24 · Answer 10

Kakoune

24 1

score 434 · Answer 11

Emacs

Emacs has a number of shell variants: ansi-term, shell, and eshell. See More

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Platforms:Unix-like, Windows

License:GPL

Cross Platform:Yes

Multi Language Support:Yes

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score 1162 · Answer 12

Sublime Text

With lot of functionalities, where other editor even not think to provide. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows; macOS; Linux

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score 1350 · Answer 13

Vim

If you use Vim long enough, it will rewire your brain to be more efficient. See More

Top Pro

Multiple clipboards

It is called "registers". See More

Specs

Platforms:Linux, macOS, Windows

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score 322 · Answer 14

Notepad++

Very easy to use and personalize. See More

Top Pro

Supports Markdown

If you have the Plugin Manager installed you can search for MarkdownViewer++ and install it via that plugin. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows

License:GPL

Multi Language Support:Yes

Auto Complete:Yes

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score 16 · Answer 15

Textadept

Has a built-in lua engine. See More

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score 2 · Answer 16

Synwrite

Top Con

Windows only

Synwrite is only available for Windows and it's not cross-platform. See More

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Clean interface

Synwrite has a clean and beautiful UI. See More

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Small size and portable

Synwrite's small size makes it very portable and usable even from a USB flash drive. See More

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Built-in FTP support

Built-in support for FTP allows the user to transfer and exchange files between different computers and accounts. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows

License:MPL

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score 29 · Answer 17

Komodo Edit

License:MPL; GPL; LGPL

Cross Platform:Yes

Multi Language Support:Yes

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score 180 · Answer 18

Brackets

You can have your cursor independently on multiple lines and so creating templates and/or editing multiple things at once is really fast and easy. See More

Top Pro

Vim mode

Vim-style editing is already built in the text editor. See More

Top Pro

Support for Adobe PSD content

A default extension allows for the extraction of PSD resources, such as images and styles. There's good integration for placing extracted resources into source. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows; macOS; Linux

License:MIT

Supported remote file editing protocols:FTP (plug-in)

Collaborative editing:No

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score 14 · Answer 19

Codelobster

score 8 · Answer 20

Slap

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