Question, what do people use to hack there files? Im using Textpad, but I want somthing where I can FIND/REPLACE multi-lines of code. Any ideas?

snyx

PS-I have seen the UBB multihack, so there is no need to mention it :D

I use Edit Plus for editing any code I do. It has syntax for PHP also. You can find and replace, or just find code, very nice. http://www.editplus.com/ Try out the program. Or, just use notepad, and choose search > find. You can always find code in Notepad.

I currently use Dreamweaver cause it has a built in one for you. But I guess you won't spend the cash just to buy it for a simple find/edit thingy. (If you didn't know Dreamweaver is a WYSIWYG webdesigning program...Kinda like Frontpage but better) But I actually still use mostly Notepad, cause of custom scripts.

<a href="http://www.editpadlite.com/editpadlite.html" target="_blank">http://www.editpadlite.com/editpadlite.html</a>

Editpad Lite is free... and is just like Notepad, but with FIND/REPLACE Function...

One word: UltraEdit :)

Yeah, i agree with PeF,

UltraEdit rules...
Ultra Edit website

Greetz ;)

Im going to give UltraEdit a try, thanks!

UltraEdit is good, however it is much slower than Textpad.

Case in point:

UltraEdit takes 15 minutes to load a 900,000 line text file.

Textpad takes less than a minute.

UltraEdit takes 3 minutes to scroll to the bottom of the same file via CTRL-END

Textpad is almost instantaneous.

I've never tried TextPad before. Seems like time to give it a try. Valuable informations. Thanks for sharing it with us. ;)

I defintely prefer UltraEdit. wluke have you ever tried disable line numbering with UltraEdit? I think you'll find that the loading will defintely speed up :)

qasic

Line numbering is part of the whole reason they're better than notepad...

try homesite - it has syntax highlighting/checking for php and you can do search (& replace) even for multiple files in one step (selected files, all files in a dir including subdirs etc.)

I would have to say that without Line Numbering, the program is worthless to me. That is an essential feature.

yeah ultraedit sucks! LOL, I will stick to textpad for me thanks :D

Home site is pretty cool, but the search and replace box is a little limited. It only displays one line.

PHP Coder Pro! (free) also supports search and replace functions while giving you two options. A single line search/replace, and an option called extended replace.

You can check it out here

Edit Plus 2, I asked this earlier on sitepoint, and got a lot of responses, I use this exclusivly now.

http://www.editplus.com/

One last one

Notetab is a pretty decent text editor

http://www.notetab.com

I use Textpad for most things. Scribbler 2000 for others
but i ran across MPS....They have editors for everything it seems.

Go check them out at http://mps.uoe.org/mps_php.htm

has anyone tried Scriptworx?

http://www.softlite.net/products/scriptworx/

i've just downloaded it but haven't had time to try it out.

:water

i use textpad religiously.

i used to be a fan of homesite and editpad, but frankly, when you've got used to regular expression search and replace in textpad, can compare files perfectly (great for upgrades to code), well the others are left out of the equation.

the biggest work i've ever done in textpad was to open a 95,000 line text file and perform a regex search to find all e-mail addresses (some 26,000) and then re-format the whole file to insert into a majordomo list. it took approx 30 seconds end to end (you can raise textpads CPU priority, and it does work properly).

you sound like you already have the best tool, now you just need to play with it a while and learn all of it's features.

just to underline though, i work for BT and currently write in PHP, Perl, TCL, Vignette, ASP, C++, Oracle PL/SQL and other gibberish. Textpad does all of these and can even compile your java (just put javac in the run command at the top, and make it a keyboard shortcut).

as i've always found, the choice is usually between friendliness and power. textpad is just raw power.

cheers

david k

Hey!

There are 2 search and replace dialogues in homesite. If you hit control-R, you get the page scope.

If you hit control-shift-r, you get the more powerful search box. It supports limited regex, and it's pretty easy to use.

If I were you though, I would look for a perl script. I don't have one handy, but I think you could write something that's faster in perl than you could in any wheeny editors.

Try this link:

http://blazonry.com/perl/mksr_pl.txt

There are dozens out there. You can always use SED too. BTW, if you want unix on windows, use cygwin, or better, mks. It makes windows a LOT more useful. =)

Have a good one!

I've tried them all, best of the best is EditPlus...
http://www.editplus.com

Yep, EditPlus here too... I love how you can open files on my server, and re-upload them just by clicking the save button... saves so much time when editing files on the server

hey i just like my handy dandy wordpad :) thats all i use... no need for fancy things for me :p regards...

g-force2k2

EditPlus....you can find multiple lines and replace them at once ;)

EditPlus 2.. The best editor I used ever..

As for find/replace: Its features are very well designed: Find in files/directory, find with regular expressions, find/match braces..

I use Dreamweaver 4 - overkill, but since I have it...

WORDPAD RuLeZ! :D
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