I'm currently on the road, using an old laptop that I haven't updated in a few years. A few upgrades were no-brainers (Firefox 3 -> Firefox 39, VLC 1.1.5 -> VLC 2.2.1, etc.), but I don't have a decent replacement for Notepad. The program I do have on here is so old, it has a Y2K compliance statement. What do I want to replace it with?
I don't need anything fancy, but there are a few things that I've grown accustomed to having in that old text editor:
One thing it doesn't have but could really use is full Unicode support.
I'm looking for something small to download (I'm using the hotel's connection) that works in 32-bit WinXP (the Win7 install disc is back at home).
Suggestions, anyone?
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
I don't need anything fancy, but there are a few things that I've grown accustomed to having in that old text editor:
- ability to read and write Unix-formatted text files
- ability to use regular expressions in search and replace
- ability to use any installed monospaced font
- ability to set the number of columns between tabs
One thing it doesn't have but could really use is full Unicode support.
I'm looking for something small to download (I'm using the hotel's connection) that works in 32-bit WinXP (the Win7 install disc is back at home).
Suggestions, anyone?
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012