Hi there,

I realise this sort of thing has been asked a million times before, but I can't find a good answer anywhere...

Does anyone know of a simple editor that looks like Edit but that provides line numbers - this is all I want, I'm just sick of having to count lines when I get an error.

thanks - dunstan orchard

    Whoops! I meant like Notepad (on windows), not Edit...

      I use Editplus. it is fast, uses syntax highlighting and linenumbers and....
      well, it's fast and small, that's the main thing.

      I have also used homesite extensively, also with linenumbers and syntax highlighting, that it doesn't respond well to 100kByte+ files.

        Hmm... but you have to buy that... $30 is it?... that's not so bad I guess :o)

        I might give that a whirl then, I just wondered if there was a free one as I used to use Acorn RISC computers and they had a great program called Zap on there which did exactly what I want...

        Anyway, I'll check out as that does seem the best available option.

        thankyou - dunstan

          Well these are just the ones I use. I've tried a few others that look really good, but that have either syntax highlighting or numbering, never both.

          If you find any good free ones please post! :-)

            EditPlus is by far the most used application on my computer. It's very, very fast, and very easy to use. The syntax highlighting is a dream for programming.

            Another one you could try that doesn't have syntax highlighting, but is free (well it says send a postcard if you use it) is EditPad.

            http://www.jgsoft.com

            It takes a while (read: a couple seconds instead of instant like Editplus) to load up, but it has a nifty systray icon (instead of taskbar - but it's an option, you can turn it either way), and line numbers...

            Er.. WOW I just went to EditPad's site, and they have now split it into two versions (lite and pro) - pro has syntax highlighting, and a bunch of other stuff, but costs money. You can still get "classic" for free though, with all the features I described above.

              UltraEdit (which I use) has both, syntax highlighting and numbering.... but it costs $30 as well ...

                I use Textpad (textpad.com) which also has syntax hilighting and numbering but it also costs money.

                You could always get your hands dirty with vi or emacs (windows versions exist for each). Quick vi command: :12 will jump to line 12

                  MPS PHP Editor 2000 is free and has line numbering as well as syntax highlighting. You can download it from http://mps.uoe.org.

                  Personally I prefer Editplus, but it sounds like MPS might be just what you're looking for.

                    VI is good, it even supports line numbering (I forget how)
                    but it's not the most user-friendly tool compared to something like notepad :-)

                      depending on your platform you might want to give CoolEdit a serious look.

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