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Revision as of 21:57, 10 March 2005 by Lost.goblin (talk | contribs) (→Operating system support)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of text editors. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.
General information
This table gives basic general information about the different editors:
| Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Software license | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crimson Editor | Ingyu Kang | ? | 3.7 | Free | Proprietary |
| EditPlus | ES-Computing | March 20, 1998 | 2.12 | $30 (1-user) | Proprietary |
| GNU Emacs | GNU Project | 1984 | 21.4 | Free | GPL |
| Kate | KDE Project | December 2000 | 2.4 | Free | GPL |
| Nano | GNU Project | 1999 | 1.2.4 | Free | GPL |
| Notepad | Microsoft | ? | ? | Part of Windows | Proprietary |
| Pico | University of Washington | ? | ? | Free | Proprietary |
| PSPad | Jan Fiala | ? | 4.3.2 | Free | Proprietary |
| SubEthaEdit | TheCodingMonkeys | 2003 | 2.1.1 | $35 for Commercial Use | Proprietary |
| TextPad | Helios Software Solutions | ? | 4.7.3 | $29 | Shareware |
| vi | Bill Joy | 1976 | ? | Free | BSD license |
| vim | Bram Moolenaar | 1980 | 6.3 | Free | GPL-compatible |
| XEmacs | Lucid Inc. | 1991 | 21.0 | Free | GPL |
| Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Software license |
Operating system support
This table lists the operating systems that different editors can run on without emulation:
| Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Crimson Editor | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| EditPlus | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| GNU Emacs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kate | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nano | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Notepad | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Pico | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PSPad | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| SubEthaEdit | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| TextPad | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| vi | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| vim | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| XEmacs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix |
Basic features
This table lists common basic features supported natively (i.e. without third-party add-ons) by different editors:
| Tabbed interface | Spell checking | Regex-based find & replace | Encoding conversion | Newline conversion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crimson Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| EditPlus | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| GNU Emacs | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nano | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Notepad | No | No | No | No | No |
| Pico | No | No | No | No | No |
| PSPad | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SubEthaEdit | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TextPad | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| vi | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| vim | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| XEmacs | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Tabbed interface | Spell checking | Regex-based find & replace | Encoding conversion | Newline conversion |
Programming features
This table lists common programming features implemented natively by different editors:
| Syntax highlighting | Multiple undo/redo | Column mode editing | Bracket matching | Auto indentation | Auto completion | Code folding | Text folding | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crimson Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| EditPlus | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | No | No |
| GNU Emacs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nano | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Notepad | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Pico | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| PSPad | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| SubEthaEdit | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| TextPad | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| vi | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| vim | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| XEmacs | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Syntax highlighting | Multiple undo/redo | Column mode editing | Bracket matching | Auto indentation | Auto completion | Code folding | Text folding |
Extra features
This table lists other features implemented natively by different editors:
| Command shell integration | Windowing system integration | Compiler integration | Spell checking | Macro | Collaborative editing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crimson Editor | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| EditPlus | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| GNU Emacs | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Kate | Yes | ? | No | ? | No | No |
| Nano | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
| Notepad | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Pico | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | No |
| PSPad | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | No |
| SubEthaEdit | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| TextPad | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | No |
| vi | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | |
| vim | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | No |
| XEmacs | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | No |
| Command shell integration | Windowing system integration | Compiler integration | Spell checking | Macro | Collaborative editing |
Protocol support
This table lists Internet protocols that different editors support for remote file editing:
| FTP | HTTP | SSH | WebDAV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crimson Editor | Yes | No | No | No |
| EditPlus | Yes | No | No | No |
| GNU Emacs | Yes | No | No | No |
| Kate | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Nano | ? | ? | ? | No |
| Notepad | No | No | No | No |
| Pico | ? | ? | ? | No |
| PSPad | Yes | No | No | No |
| SubEthaEdit | Yes | No | No | No |
| TextPad | No | No | No | No |
| vi | ? | ? | ? | No |
| vim | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| XEmacs | ? | ? | ? | No |
| FTP | HTTP | SSH | WebDAV |
Encoding support
This table lists character encodings that different editors support:
| ASCII | UTF-8 | UTF-16 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crimson Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| EditPlus | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GNU Emacs | Yes | No | No |
| Kate | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nano | Yes | No | No |
| Notepad | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pico | Yes | No | No |
| PSPad | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SubEthaEdit | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TextPad | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| vi | Yes | No | No |
| vim | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| XEmacs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ASCII | UTF-8 | UTF-16 |
Newline support
This table states which newline character sequences different editors support:
| DOS (CR/LF) | Unix (LF) | Mac (CR) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crimson Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| EditPlus | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GNU Emacs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kate | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nano | ? | Yes | ? |
| Notepad | Yes | No | No |
| Pico | ? | Yes | ? |
| PSPad | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SubEthaEdit | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TextPad | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| vi | ? | Yes | ? |
| vim | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| XEmacs | ? | Yes | ? |
| DOS (CR/LF) | Unix (LF) | Mac (CR) |