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free text editor for large files
Hello all. I'm looking for a free text editor that can handle large files (10-20 MB).
I also want some to be able to do searches like so:
-enter a list of words i want to search for
-have it search, and provide a list of results in a seperate window
-be able to click on a result, and have the main window go to that line
This is very similiar to MS Visual C++ when you do a 'find in files'... the only difference is i want to be able to enter several search words, this only allows for 1 search word.
searching multiple files isn't necessary, but wouldn't hurt either.
I also want some to be able to do searches like so:
-enter a list of words i want to search for
-have it search, and provide a list of results in a seperate window
-be able to click on a result, and have the main window go to that line
This is very similiar to MS Visual C++ when you do a 'find in files'... the only difference is i want to be able to enter several search words, this only allows for 1 search word.
searching multiple files isn't necessary, but wouldn't hurt either.
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That's what I thought, but it only works for 2 words....
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i would have thought it to work...
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Thanks bz43 and desarkar. It doesn't look like pspad will be what I want. I have an editor that will show the results in a seperate window already... with the limitation of only a single search word.
ein_stein: notepad++ doesn't allow multiple search words either. It does allow plug-ins though, so if I don't find anything better, maybe I'll work on my own plug-in.
ein_stein: notepad++ doesn't allow multiple search words either. It does allow plug-ins though, so if I don't find anything better, maybe I'll work on my own plug-in.
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Well, none of the editors did exactly what I wanted.... but I got some nice suggestions.
Thanks to all for your comments.
Thanks to all for your comments.
If you go to that syn one you can make suggestions to them for what you would like included in that syn open source , source forge application and they may add it and that would work other then that im sure you can download the source code and ammend there application to add what you want :)
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MilanKM:I've look at a bunch of free ones, just searching in google. It is hard to find if they offer the features I want without downloading and installing. I've tried several, and don't want to have to download/install them all. Was hoping someone knows of one already.
More details on what I'd like to do:
I want to add several words to a list: MinTime, MaxTime, MinWidth, MaxWidth, .....
Have it do the search, and provide results in a list like so:
line 45: MinTime=GetMinTime(....);
line 58: MinWidth=GetMinWidth(...);
.....
Be able to click on a item in the results window, and have it go to that line in the main window. UltraEdit and JEdit (from the list from MilanKM) both do this, except that there can be only 1 search word. I want to have multiple search words.
If anyone knows of an editor with these features, i'd appreciate it.
Thanks.