E Text Editor

If you haven’t checked out the E text editor for Windows, you might want to. This is one powerful editor. I’ve been using the trial version for a little while and have just scratched the surface of some of the cool features. Just this morning, I watched the screencast on the home page and found out there was a very cool feature that will no doubt save me some time. I can use the CTRL key to select multiple words, and change them all at the same time. Imagine changing a variable name in just a small section of code. Just highlight each one using the CTRL key and start typing. I love it! It also supports snippets, which are nothing new, but are very cool anyway. E taglines itself as “The power of TextMate on Windows.” I’ve never used TextMate, so this is a new introduction for me, and I like it. It’s hard to impress me with a text editor because I am a huge vi fan. I used it for a long time on Unix, and in my current job, I use it all the time on various Linux servers. I carried that use over to Windows with gvim. It’s powerful, to be sure. So, for me to even discuss another text editor is a big deal. The trial version of E is time limited to 30 days and the purchase price is $34.95. When my trial is up, I’ll be purchasing this one for sure.