Hi, I agree, Codewright clearly is the best Windows editor there is. Not entirely intuitive on the menu front, but lots of features......including a code beautifier (ideal for contractors) ; ) Dan Andrew Warren 17/04/2000 20:15 Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU cc: (bcc: Dan Lloyd/GBPTD/ABB) Subject: [OT] "Best" Editor (was: "Syntax Highlighting in MPLAB") Security Level:? Internal Wollenberg, Frank wrote: > I'm looking for a windows editor, brief-compatible, and with RCS and > MAKE support. But that's my personal wish. An editor should have > various key-styles like EMACS, WINDOWS, VI, Wordstar... Features that > are a must is: > - syntax-highlighting like UltraEdit > - regular expressions in search/replace like BRIEF > - auto-reload on external file change like ZEUS/UltraEdit - > file differencer like ZEUS - auto-indent - column blocks like > BRIEF - context-sensitive help - function list - project > support like UltraEdit > The file differencer should display both files in a vertical split > window, highlighting the differences. Also customizing by macros like > in brief (*.CM) or emacs (*.EL) is nice. Codewright does ALL of that. None of the people whom I've convinced to try it has switched back to any other editor. -Andy === Andrew Warren - fastfwd@ix.netcom.com === Fast Forward Engineering - San Diego, California === http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499