Date: 03/31/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: php, java

I've been doing some looking in the last few days for a good text editor that's sufficiently customizable and feature-rich to leave me wanting for nothing. After downloading several programs, I found jEdit.

I was initially wary about it being written in Java, but it's really fairly stable on win98 SE and while it doesn't load terribly fast, it performs well after that. In addition to the features expected of a good editor like syntax highlighting, regex searching, code folding, split view and macros, jEdit has a large community backing it and as such is extensible to provide for most any need: multiple ways of dealing with several open documents (stackable tabs, docked window, buttons, even), FTP plugin, clip system, PHP parser and two different spell-checkers.

Hell, with the right plugins it'll even work as a hex editor. I've gone ahead and taken a screen shot for good measure: http://www.contemptible.org/smack/jedit.jpg

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/844348.html