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  1. January 5th, 2009, 04:55 AM #1
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    custom text editor

    hey! can anyone suggest a text editor with customizable syntax highlighting (like textwrangler for MAC os x)?

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  2. January 5th, 2009, 07:41 AM #2
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    Re: custom text editor

    What OS, or do you want one that is cross platform? Are IDEs excluded?
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  3. January 5th, 2009, 04:14 PM #3
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    Re: custom text editor

    oh, sorry - it's windows and IDEs are OK, I guess. But as lightweight as possible.
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  4. January 5th, 2009, 04:25 PM #4
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    Re: custom text editor

    On Windows, I use TextPad. It works pretty nicely, and there are a number of syntax files you can download for free, for some of the more popular "languages."

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  5. January 5th, 2009, 04:37 PM #5
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    Re: custom text editor

    but that should mean that one can also create his own syntax highliting "plugins", right?
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  6. January 5th, 2009, 04:38 PM #6
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    Re: custom text editor

    Yep. Actually, you just need to create a text file, with the extension '.syn'. It's formatted like an old INI file. I've done this for many of the data files I work with here.

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