What is the best alternative to SciTE?

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score 943 · Answer 1

Atom

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

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Mac, Linux

License:MIT

Price:free

Dev platforms:Windows; macOS; Linux

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score 45 · Answer 2

Kate

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

Collaborative editing:No

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score 30 · 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

Top Pro

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

Top Pro

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

Specs

Platforms:Windows; OSX; *nix

14 1

score 1667 · Answer 5

Visual Studio Code

It leverages TypeScript compiler functionality to statically type check JS (type inference, JSDoc types) with "javascript.implicitProjectConfig.checkJs": true option. 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

Top Pro

Good support for new Emmet syntax

Specs

Platforms:Windows; macOS; Linux

1667 420

score 36 · Answer 6

Gedit

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

Collaborative editing:plug-in

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36 18

score 293 · Answer 7

PhpStorm

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

Top Pro

Emmet integrated

Top Pro

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

Specs

Cross Platform:Yes

Auto Complete:Yes

Multi Language Support:Yes

Bracket Matching:Yes

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score 399 · Answer 8

Spacemacs

399 55

score 56 · Answer 9

MacVim

License:GPL compatible

Collaborative editing:plug-in

Extension language:vimscript

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56 12

score 410 · Answer 10

Emacs

Emacs is great for everything. See More

Specs

Platforms:Unix-like, Windows

410 107

score 1128 · Answer 11

Sublime Text

A Sublime license can be bought but it can still be used for free. However, a pop-up appears when you save multiple times. See More

Top Pro

Multiple languages are supported

Top Pro

Direct server upload

Provides command line shortcut for server upload. See More

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Functionalities

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

Specs

Platforms:Windows; macOS; Linux

1128 263

score 1276 · Answer 12

Vim

Top Pro

Vim encourages discipline

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

Specs

Platforms:Linux, macOS, Windows

1276 292

score 18 · Answer 13

Kakoune

18 1

score 296 · Answer 14

Notepad++

You can define your own custom syntax highlighting rules (or add support for others) . 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

Auto Complete:Yes

Multi Language Support:Yes

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score 16 · Answer 15

Textadept

Has a built-in lua engine. See More

16 1

score 28 · Answer 16

Komodo Edit

License:MPL; GPL; LGPL

Cross Platform:Yes

Auto Complete:Yes

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score 172 · Answer 17

Brackets

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 12 · Answer 18

Codelobster

score 1 · Answer 19

Synwrite

Top Con

Windows only

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

Top Pro

Clean interface

Synwrite has a clean and beautiful UI. See More

Top Pro

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 8 · Answer 20

Slap

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