When comparing Lime vs EDITFILE, the Slant community recommends EDITFILE for most people. In the question“What are the best programming text editors?” EDITFILE is ranked 71st while Lime is ranked 80th. The most important reason people chose EDITFILE is:
EDITFILE can split the EDI X12, EDIFACT, and TRADACOM files into each individual messages.
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Pros
Pro Free and open source
Lime is open source and free to use, unlike Sublime.
Pro Almost as good as Sublime Text
Lime is very useful, powerful, and clean. It has a sleek UI (as compared to Sublime) but is generally quite similar, if not better in some respects, than Sublime Text.
Pro Splits EDI X12, EDIFACT, and TRADACOM Files
EDITFILE can split the EDI X12, EDIFACT, and TRADACOM files into each individual messages.
Pro Exports EDI X12, Delimitted Application Files into Excel Spreadsheet
EDITFILE has the feature to export ANSI X12 documents, Delimitted Application Files into CSV.
Cons
Con Doesn't have an installer
You need to build Lime from source yourself, which may be out of many people's skill level.