TextPad

What is it?

TextPad ® is a powerful, general purpose editor for plain text files. Easy to use, with all the features a power user requires.

Website

http://www.textpad.com/

Price

You are welcome to download a copy of TextPad for evaluation, or to upgrade an earlier release. There is no charge for the download, but you must pay for the software if you decide to keep it. A single user license costs only $27 US dollars.  In my opinion, it is worth it!  I started using TextPad in 1999, and haven't wanted to use anything else since!

Screenshots

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        The way I use TextPad.

        
        Official TextPad screenshot.

Macros I've written for my everyday use at work

• Macro0.tpm -- Insert JavaScript Block
• Macro1.tpm -- Insert strSQL
• Macro2.tpm -- VBScript Comment Selected Block
• Macro3.tpm -- VBScript UnComment Selected Block

Useful Add-ons

• How To integrate TextPad with TortoiseCVS
• A file that integrates the most common syntax definition files into TextPad.
• Syntax definitions for ASP.NET with color coding set to match MS Visual Studio.

Conclusion

If you are doing any sort of text editing on the Microsoft platform, then you should be using TextPad to make your life easier!!!