[ale] OS Windows text editor for Unix files

[greg.freemyer at gmail.com (Greg Freemyer)]

For simple editing, what is wrong with wordpad?

It is on every Win PC and it seems to handle UNIX formatted files for me.

Definately not for serious text-editing, but the request was for simple use.

Greg
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Greg Freemyer

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 20:03:04 -0500, Greg <runman at speedfactory.net> wrote:
> TextPad - and not, it's not free, but worth every penny.
> 
> Greg
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of Ben
> Coleman
> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 6:47 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] OS Windows text editor for Unix files
> 
> John Wells wrote:
> > I'm looking for a free (as in speech, hopefully) text editor that can
> > properly read and print these files on the windows side.  JEdit is the
> > only free one that's done a good job recognizing the line feeds and EOLs,
> > but the printing is horrible.
> >
> > Anyone know of one I should take a look at?  I've looked at a few others
> > (notepad++, notepad2, jext), but none fit the bill.  It's a VERY simple
> > task we're using it for, simply printing and viewing, so no super duper
> > features needed.
> 
> I'd suggest PFE, though it is no longer supported:
> http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/
> 
> Ben
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