Text Editor and Word Processor Review

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I installed and tried many editors and processors quite awhile back
and then got side tracked and the project went stale. Susan has helped
immensely in preparing and in maintaining the html and php!! Thanks
another million Susan!

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/TextEditorReview.php

'jmatt' posted this extensive list below not long ago and I thought
that I'd better get back on task and update the site above, both in
new programs and in newer versions of the ones that I have already
done. I've been "perpetually" working on an office (like 2 years now)
and I'm just about through I think, but it will still be awhile before
I get back to the project. Some feedback will greatly help in
direction in the meantime!

One question, what sort of a machine should I try to put together for
the test machine?

The original test machine was an HP Pavilion, 500 mhz Intel, 256 megs
of ram, a Maxtor 7200 drive running a very solid and stable Win 98SE
OS. My daughter is leaving with it for college in a couple of weeks.

I'm trying to select a "nominal" test machine; neither cutting edge
nor a dog.

My current machine is a 2.4 GHz with a gig of ram running XP Pro, and
I think this is a bit too high end to be considered nominal (it rocks
my socks off though!)

What would be considered nominal today as to processor speed and ram?


I was really just bumbling along in selection of what to compare
between programs. I included what I think important, such as reg
entries and size, and then pretty much looked for broad categories
that some programs had, but others did not. This is what I ended up
with:

1. Registry entries
2. Download size in KB
3. Executable size in KB (not including subprograms or .dll's.)
4. Maximum file size in MB the program can work with on MY system.
YMMV
5. AS (AutoSave open files)
6. S (splits files) J (joins files)
7. MF (opens multiple files) SV (split view) Ex (external viewer)
8. Sp (spell checker) Th (thesaurus) Stat (statistics - words,
characters, etc.)
9. RTF (reads and writes Rich Text Format)
10. Export formats
11. HL (syntax highlighting: hyperlinks, programming languages)
12. Enc (encryption) Er (erase files)
13. eMail (can email a file)
14. S&R (Search and Replace) Strip (strips HTML coding) Macro (built
in macro capability)
15. SW (soft wrap at a user defined column) HW (hard wrap - saves wrap
info with file

I can see that install, or no install, might be good to add. Are there
any other things that you might consider important in an editor or
word processor?

I lost my high speed connection and have plenty to do with standard
editors and light weight word processors. Would someone with a high
speed connection consider doing the large office suites as a sub
project? Not to assist MS with sales, but comparing these with MS
Office upon whatever criterion you think important for a large office
package would be very valuable info imo.


602 Pro PC Suite
http://www.software602.com

EasyOffice (Office Suite) with PDF Filter
http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/info.html?fcode=72375&b=uk
http://www.freewarefiles.com/programs.php?ProgramID=9581&categoryid=8&subcategoryid=182
http://www.download.com/3000-2064-10054140.html

OpenOffice.org
http://www.openoffice.org

SOT Office
http://www.sot.com/en/linux/soto/
SOT Office 2002 is a free productivity suite for Windows and Linux



Below are text editors and light weight word processors. I'll plan on
starting on these as soon as I get moved into the office and I get a
test machine up and running. Please add any that aren't listed below:
(thanks jmatt!)

AbiWord
http://www.abisource.com
ACF Notes
http://freeware4u.com/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=203
AcroPAD
http://www.acropad.com/index.htm
Adept
http://mario66.tripod.com/software/adept.html
AEdit
http://www.axart.com
Atlantis Nova
http://www.rssol.com
http://www.rssol.com/en/html/download/nova.htm
Baikal Wordpad
http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/33348.html
BDV Notepad
http://www.badevlad.hotmail.ru/new/notepad_en.htm
Cetus WordPad
http://www.cetussoft.com
ConTEXT
http://www.context.cx/
CopyWriter
http://home.planet.nl/~gaale131/home.htm
http://home.planet.nl/~gaale131/copywriter.htm
Crimson Editor
http://www.crimsoneditor.com/
Crypt Edit
http://ps.yaroslovl.ru
DazyPad Word Processor
http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?page=5&cat=008
http://www.dazyweblabs.com/DazyPad/index.html
Delphad
http://www.hushpage.com/Delphad/delphad.html
EasyWord
http://www.e-press.com
ED
http://clio.rice.edu/EDstuff/ED_Overview.txt
ftp://clio.rice.edu/pub/
EditMan
http://home.worldonline.co.za/~meid/editind.html
EditPad Lite
http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
EDXOR
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/edxor.htm
Free Text
http://www.kudlian.demon.co.uk/
Free Text, Hex and File Editors
http://www.freeprogrammingresources.com/editors.html
GridinSoft Notepad Lite
http://www.dissoft.com/_development_17.html
Jarte
http://www.jarte.com
jEdit
http://jedit.sourceforge.net/
kPad
http://www.codeproject.com/wtl/kpad.asp?print=true
Keynote
http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html
Light Writer
http://www.maldmedia.com/
metapad
http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/
NEdit
http://www.nedit.org/
Netfinger
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/...ffline_Browser_Tools/NetfingerTexteditor.html
Notepad++
Based on Scintilla edit component (a very powerful editor component)
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
Notepad2
http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html
Notepad And 1/2
http://www.designvortex.com/notehalf/index.htm
NotepadFTP
http://www.pacific.net/~ken/software/
NoteTab Light
http://www.notetab.com/download.php#ntll
OfficeHero
http://officehero.cjb.net/
http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?page=11&cat=008
Prolix
http://www.kobayashi.com/prolix.html
PSPad editor
http://www.pspad.com/
QJot
http://www.xtort.net/xtort/qjot.php
Rough Draft
http://www.rsalsbury.co.uk/roughdraft
Stenopad 2
http://www16.brinkster.com/stenopad2/
Stratus Pad
http://www.ealoha.com/downloads/stratpad.zip
subpad
http://www.xtort.net/xtort/subpad.php
Syn banner
http://syn.sourceforge.net/users.php#req
Tagana
http://users.skynet.be/hellfire/
Ted Notepad
http://jsimlo.sk/notepad/
Text Shield Fusion
http://www.textshield.com
http://members.lycos.nl/textshield/
http://www.webgrid.co.uk/textedit_2.html
TxE
http://www.mofunzone.com/downloadsoftware/500000011680.shtml
UniView
http://sarkan.gymrk.sk/andrek/
VDE
http://short.stop.home.att.net/index.htm#contact
Win32Pad
http://www.gena01.com/win32pad/
wmagic
http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/1497.html
Wordfile4me
http://www.byronsoftware.org.uk/
Word Search and Replace
http://www.funduc.com/word_sr.htm
Word Tabs
http://omega5.port5.com/files/2004/wordtabs/WordTabs.html
http://omega5.port5.com/files/2004/wordtabs/
Writer 2 & Writer 3b
http://www.moreacesd.com
XpertWord
http://www.sover.net/~wysiwygx/Text2.html
http://balder.prohosting.com/sonofspy/Xpertword310.exe
Xpert WoRD powerful word processor for 32-Bit Windows
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?500000024797
Yeah Write
http://www.wordplace.com/about.html
 
"aafuss" <[email protected]> wrote:
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E-Type:
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?21000000038621
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OK, ya got me. I downloaded, installed with Total Uninstall running,
executed the program and got an error.

Two of my files were old. I had to track down, download, insert and
register two newer files to the \system32 directory:

TABCTL32.OCX (an activeX control??)
http://www.softinterface.com/FAQ/FAQ-Installation.htm

COMDLG32.OCX
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/comdlg32.htm


Both of my files (fully patched XP Pro) were dated 1997. The
replacement files were dated 2000.

IT WORKS!!!! And pretty well so far. A couple of runtime errors in
search and replace...

I really think this is a text editor that can read .RTF, but no rtf
formatting is applied.

How much of this program did you write?
 
REM was searching for good editors:
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/TextEditorReview.php
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loads very slow

you have forgotten the ultimate editor.

My current machine is a 2.4 GHz with a gig of ram running XP Pro, and
I think this is a bit too high end to be considered nominal (it rocks
my socks off though!)
What would be considered nominal today as to processor speed and ram?
Click to expand...
1GHz CPU, 512MB RAM, Linux including all you need (SCNR)


1. Registry entries no

2. Download size in KB 18MB

3. Executable size in KB (not including subprograms or .dll's.) 4.5MB

4. Maximum file size in MB the program can work with on MY system.
YMMV
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? some hundred MB
5. AS (AutoSave open files) yes

6. S (splits files) J (joins files) no

7. MF (opens multiple files) SV (split view) Ex (external viewer) MFSV

8. Sp (spell checker) Th (thesaurus) Stat (statistics - words,
characters, etc.) SP

9. RTF (reads and writes Rich Text Format) no

10. Export formats Postscript

11. HL (syntax highlighting: hyperlinks, programming languages) yes

12. Enc (encryption) Er (erase files) EncDelZIP

13. eMail (can email a file)
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yes Mail, News, IRC
14. S&R (Search and Replace) Strip (strips HTML coding) Macro (built
in macro capability)
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S&R even with regular expressions, Editor MACroS, you are kidding -> ELISP!
15. SW (soft wrap at a user defined column) HW (hard wrap - saves wrap
info with file
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all you can eat
I can see that install, or no install, might be good to add. Are there
any other things that you might consider important in an editor or
word processor?
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no install, unlimited undo, international code/unicode, perfect
programming editor (syntax highlightning, indent, style, class browser,
etags, bookmarks, online help, diff, merge, very special commands like
eval, interface for version controll systems, debugger ...) fully
documentated in many languages, works on nearly all platforms, free
software (not only priceless), easy to configure (documented),

lots of extra features (not needed but helpful): calendar, diary,
time-log, calculator, eshell, directory browser (open, rename, delete
....), sort, hexeditor, rot13, morsing, vertical editing, picture
editing, text-folding, games, browser(text), mail, usenet, irc ...


(x) E M A C S



Ciao
Bernd
 
I installed and tried many editors and processors quite awhile back...
Click to expand...

Really helpful, many thanks! I'm looking forward to the updates.

A correction, if I may - Notetab Light doesn't do syntax or URL
highlighting (the for-pay Pro version does, if you need it).

Also, while Notetab Light can send email, it doesn't do it natively. An
email "clip library" must be downloaded from the site and run from
within NTL.

And an extra Easter Egg in Metapad for you - Click Help --> About, then
double-click the notepad icon, see what happens...
 
Really helpful, many thanks! I'm looking forward to the updates.
Click to expand...
A correction, if I may - Notetab Light doesn't do syntax or URL
highlighting (the for-pay Pro version does, if you need it).
Click to expand...

I must have goofed. Thanks for the correction! I'll try to get a
better system of taking notes going this time around.
Also, while Notetab Light can send email, it doesn't do it natively. An
email "clip library" must be downloaded from the site and run from
within NTL.
Click to expand...

I was debating whether this feature is worth mentioning or not. A
simple copy and paste from any editor into an email is very simple. As
you point out, programs go about the implementation of an email
facility in a variety of ways, most of which are less preferrable to
copy\paste.
And an extra Easter Egg in Metapad for you - Click Help --> About, then
double-click the notepad icon, see what happens...
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Thanks for the feedback!
 
REM said:
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/TextEditorReview.php

'jmatt' posted this extensive list below not long ago
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<snip>

a few updates. . .
Adept
http://mario66.tripod.com/software/adept.html shareware

Baikal Wordpad
http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/33348.html shareware

DazyPad Word Processor
http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?page=5&cat=008
http://www.dazyweblabs.com/DazyPad/index.html
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seems to be gone
Light Writer
http://www.maldmedia.com/
Click to expand...
seems to be gone
NEdit
http://www.nedit.org/
Click to expand...

http://www.nedit.org/platforms.php

"The NEdit port under Microsoft Windows is not a real port in the Windows environment. It simply
uses the Cygwin environment. There are two approaches of how to run NEdit on MS Windows:"

Netfinger
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/...ffline_Browser_Tools/NetfingerTexteditor.html
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seems to be gone
Wordfile4me
http://www.byronsoftware.org.uk/
Click to expand...
Shareware

Susan
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REM said:
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/TextEditorReview.php
Click to expand...

I have a "little" list of editors (and few office suites). . . ;) which I'll post below in
alphabetical order. These apps are shown on several different ACF program info pages. They're
grouped together on this temporary web page:

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/TextEditorReview2.php

I'd like to revise the text editor/ HTML editor etc. etc. subcategories on the ACF program info
pages and then get these apps into the right subcategories.

Steven Burn posted this URL today:

http://www.vbbox.com/tools/editors/listing.asp

I think "Code editor" would be a useful way of grouping some of the apps. Thoughts on this?
Suggestions for subcategory revisions? All help appreciated.

Susan

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1st Page 2000 http://www.evrsoft.com/1stpage2.shtml
602Pro PC Suite http://www.software602.com
A.X.E. (v 2.1) ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/.2/sac/utilprog/axe21.zip
AbiWord http://www.abisource.com/
AceHTML 5 Freeware (v 5.09.1) http://softwares.visicommedia.com/softwares/en/acehtml/acehtml5free.exe
ACF Notes http://www.it-mate.co.uk/
ACF Pad (was Legacy Pad Lite) http://freeware.it-mate.co.uk/
Actual Drawing (v 2.2)
AEdit - Free Word http://web.tiscali.it/axart/english.html#aedit
Alleycode http://www.alleycode.com
Amaya http://www.w3.org/Amaya/
Anansi http://silenroc.com/index.html
AOL Press (v 2.0) http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?ID=926
Arachnophilia http://www.arachnoid.com/
Araneae http://www.araneae.com/
Atlantis Nova http://www.rssol.com/en/
BabelPad http://www.babelstone.co.uk/
Barry's emacs http://www.barrys-emacs.org/
BDV Notepad http://www.badevlad.hotmail.ru
Bifocal Notepad (v 1.0) http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?ID=1254
Blink http://wojanware.com
Blog http://www.farook.org/
Budgie (v 1.6) http://www.tucows.com/preview/325715.html
Cascade DTP http://www.price-media.demon.co.uk/
CNotePad http://www.sover.net/~wysiwygx/index.html
Code-Genie (Code Genie) (v 3.09.12)
CodePad http://shicola.d2.cz/codepad/
CoffeeCup HTML Editor (CoffeeCup Free HTML Editor) http://www.coffeecup.com/freestuff/
ConText http://www.context.cx/
CopyWriter http://home.planet.nl/~gaale131/
CPad http://www.zantii.net/
Cream http://sourceforge.net/projects/cream/
Crimson Editor http://www.crimsoneditor.com/
Crypt Edit http://www.woundedmoon.org/
CWordPad http://www.sover.net/~wysiwygx/index.html
Delphad http://www.freewarefiles.com/programs.php?ProgramID=797&categoryid=9&subcategoryid=103
Desktop Writer (v 2.2) http://www.sover.net/~wysiwygx/index.html
Developers Pad http://www.developerspad.com/devpad/
DHE Editor http://www.hexagora.com/en_details_dhe.asp
DocPad http://www.gammadyne.com/
EasyOffice http://www.download.com/3000-2079-10054140.html
ED http://clio.rice.edu/EDstuff/
EditMan http://home.worldonline.co.za/~meid/home.html
Editor2 http://www.c-wilkie.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
Editor² (Editor2) (was 2xEditor) http://netez.com/2xExplorer/
EditPad Classic http://woundedmoon.org/PL/editpadclassic.zip
EditPad Lite http://www.editpadlite.com/editpadlite.html
Editq http://chuckr.freeshell.org/index.php
EDXOR http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/
Elfima Notepad http://www.elfima.com/
emacs http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html
EmEditor (v 1.24) http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/4414/Win.html
Emojic http://www.emogic.com/
eWriter http://home.earthlink.net/~acorioso/index.htm
Expresso http://www.sover.net/~wysiwygx/index.html
FreeText http://www.kudlian.net/
Frhed http://www.kibria.de/frhed.html
Frontpage Express http://intgrunits.olivet.edu/other.htm
GNU Emacs http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html
Golden Pen http://www.geocities.com/midweststudio/
grey matter pro http://www.pagetutor.com/misc/grey.html
GridinSoft Notepad
Haxial TextEdit http://www.haxial.com/
Hexplorer http://artemis.wszib.edu.pl/~mdudek/
Hexview http://www.funduc.com/otsoft.htm
Home Page Wizard (v 1.22)
http://web.archive.org/web/20000817082306/http://www.ccas.ru/~posp/popov/soft/hpw_122.zip
HomeSite (v. 1.2) http://www.woundedmoon.org/
HTML Builder http://www.flfsoft.com/html/features.html
HTML Builder XP http://www.snapfiles.com/get/htmlxp.html
HTML-Kit http://www.chami.com/
HTMLEdit http://www.d-bross.com/download/
HTMLGate http://www.mpsoftware.dk/
IMS Web Dwarf http://www.virtualmechanics.com/products/dwarf/
IntelliEdit http://www.flashpeak.com/
Jarte http://www.jarte.com/download.html
Jedit http://www.jedit.org/
Jesse6 http://www.cycline3.com/jesse6.html
Jext http://www.jext.org/
JHEditor http://home.arcor.de/mschierlm/sm-soft/jheditor-en.htm
JWPce http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~grosenth/jwpce.html
Kankowski Edit http://www.kankowski.nm.ru/
kPad http://www.xtort.net/office/word3.php
LBA Office (was SOT Office) http://www.sot.com/en/
LCARS Editor (v 2.00.42)
Less Than Slash (LTS)
Matizha Sublime http://www.matizha.com
MAX's HTML Beauty++ 2004 http://www.maxworld.co.yu/
MDINotepad http://koti.mbnet.fi/~fidgety/
Medit http://www.synametrics.com/
Mercury Editor http://www.it-mate.co.uk/
MetaPad http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/
NoteMaid (v 1.55) http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,4701,00.asp
Notepad And 1/2 http://www.designvortex.com/notehalf/index.htm
Notepad FTP http://www.pacific.net/~ken/software/
Notepad+ http://www.mypeecee.org/rogsoft/
Notepad++ http://sourceforge.net/projects/notepad-plus/
Notepad2 http://www.flos-freeware.ch/
NotesPad http://www.newbie.net/NotesPad/
NoteTab Light http://www.notetab.com/
NoteXPad http://ryan.ript.net/notexpad/
nPad2 (nPad) http://zeraha.org/
Nvu http://www.nvu.com/
OfficeHero http://officehero.cjb.net/
OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org
OpenOffice.org Tools http://sourceforge.net/projects/ooo-tools/
Orient http://jacob.saportas.free.fr/
PageBreeze http://www.pagebreeze.com/
PHP Designer http://www.mpsoftware.dk/
Programmer's File Editor (PFE) (v 1.01) http://download.com.com/3000-2352-904159.html
Prolix http://www.kobayashi.com/
Proton http://www.meybohm.de/proton.html
PSPad http://www.pspad.com/
QJot http://xtort.net/xtort/xtort.php
Quick Editor http://www.movsd.com/
RemotePad http://hamsterrepublic.com/
RoughDraft http://www.rsalsbury.co.uk/rd.htm
Scintilla https://sourceforge.net/projects/scintilla/
SciTE http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html
Selida http://selida.camelon.nl/
Serif WebPlus http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/
Shalom Txt http://www.danish-shareware.dk/
Side by Side http://www.galaxywebsitedesign.com/util.html
SiteAid http://www.amiasoft.com/freeware/download.html
StarOffice (v 5.2) http://fog.bio.unipd.it/pub/programs/staroffice/
Steno Pad 2 (STENOPAD) http://stenopad2.tripod.com/
Stone's WebWriter http://www.stoneware.dk
Stratuspad (v 1.1) http://www.sover.net/~wysiwygx/index.html
subpad http://xtort.net/xtort/xtort.php
SuperEdi http://www.wolosoft.com/
Syn Text Editor http://sourceforge.net/projects/syn/
Tagana Notes http://users.skynet.be/hellfire/
TED Notepad http://jsimlo.sk/notepad/
TextMorph http://www.laughandlift.com/programs/index.html
TextShield http://www.textshield.com/
TheGun http://www.movsd.com/
Thinner http://www.bookcase.com/library/software/win9x.util.text.html
Thomson-Davis Editor (TDE) http://www.geocities.com/jadoxa/
tiny hexer http://www.mirkes.de/
Tkoutline http://sourceforge.net/projects/tkoutline/
TopStyle Lite http://www.bradsoft.com/download/index.asp
Trellian WebPAGE http://webpage.vendercom.com/
TSW WebCoder http://www.tsware.net
tsWebEditor http://tswebeditor.net.tc/
TxE http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?500000011680
TxtEdit (v 3.2) http://www.luziusschneider.com/Engindex.html
UniRed http://www.esperanto.mv.ru/UniRed/ENG/
VDE http://members.aol.com/wolffsoft/vde.htm
vim http://www.vim.org/
WebPage-O-Matic http://www.webpageomatic.com/index.htm
Win32Pad http://www.gena01.com
Winsyntax (v 2.0) http://web.dadanini.com:7980/archiv/entwickler/PHP/phptools/aswsyn/aswsyn20.zip
WinVi http://www.winvi.de/
WMAGIC http://www.bookcase.com/library/software/win9x.desktop.edit.html
Wordpad
WordTabs (v 3.30) http://www.mailandfiles.com/users/omega/wt330upd.zip
WordWright omitted
Writer http://ftp.newnet.co.uk/ftp/pub/mirrors/tucows/office/preview/69108.html
WYSIWYG Web Builder http://www.pablovandermeer.nl/
XMLnotepad http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/enus/dnxml/html/xmlpaddownload.asp
XpertWord (v 3.10) http://www.sover.net/~wysiwygx/index.html
xSite http://xsite.lad.co.za/index2.html
XVI32 http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/
Yeah Write http://www.yeahwrite.com/
Ywriter http://www.spacejock.com

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Below is what I have for Abiword v2.2.9 for Windows.

If anyone else has this installed please check my accuracy.

AbiWord v2.2.9 for Windows

Download size:

Program: 4969k
Import\Export plugins: 660k
Tools: 143k
Dictionary: 617k (American English)


1. Registry entries: 85
2. No install: No
3. Download size in KB: 4.85m
4. Executable size in KB (not including subprograms or .dll's.): 119k
5. Maximum file size in MB the program can work with on MY system: 2m
(chokes on 1 and 2 meg files, CAN open a 2m sometimes)
6. AS (AutoSave open files): Yes
7. Mark text by column: No
8. MF (opens multiple files): Opens new instance for each file opened.
9. Tabbed: No
10. SV (split view): No
11. Sp (spell checker): Yes
12 Th (thesaurus): No
13. Stats: Yes
14. RTF (reads and writes Rich Text Format): Yes
15. DOC: Yes (MS Office 2002)
16. HL (syntax highlighting: hyperlinks): No
17. Enc (encryption): No
18. eMail (email file): No
19. S&R (search & replace): Yes
20. Strip html: *No
21. Macros: Yes
22. Hard Wrap (saves user defined margins from existing text): No

*There is a bug opening existing html. But once open, all formatting
is removed, possibly a simple browser view. It crashed too many times
to tell.


Dictionaries: 32 languages
http://www.abisource.com/downloads/dictionaries/Windows/

Tour:
http://www.abisource.com/tour/

"Enjoy your favorite Word Processor on the operating system you like
to use - be it Windows, Linux, QNX, FreeBSD or Solaris."

Extensive Plugins:
http://www.abisource.com/twiki/bin/view/Abiword/PluginMatrix#Import_Export_Filters

Screen Shots:
http://www.abisource.com/screenshots/
http://www.abisource.com/screenshots/abi-win32.jpg





Extraneous note: I reported the file opening problem. It was assigned
to Mark Gilbert. I wrote back asking him for more details to his two
liner below.

==============================================================================

Hello,

I'm comparing and contrasting various text editors and word
processors. Below is a link to the first comparison, using AbiWord
v1.0.6. This version opened a 2 megabyte file on my old machine.

My current machine is a rock solid XP Pro on a 2.4 GHz processor with
1 gig of quality ram and a 7200 rpm Maxtor drive (much improved from
the original test machine).

AbiWord v2.2.9 choked in opening a 1 megabyte text file! I saved the
file as a Word 2002 .doc file and AbiWord did finally manage to open
it. This took several minutes!

I just wanted to bring this to your attention and invite your
consideration on solving this problem. I would expect the program to
open, work on, and save at least a 50 meg file. The limitation is
within the code; not in the hardware or OS.

The original comparison page is listed below. It contains the utility
I wrote to create the test text files. Feel free to try your luck with
this and on large files of your own creation.

<http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/TextEditorReview.php?sortby=Program>

I'm in the process of recreating these comparisons on a new machine
with updated versions of each program.


------- Additional Comment #1 From Mark Gilbert
<mailto:[email protected]> 2005-08-08 16:22 -------

We're quite aware that AbiWord's performance sucks, and it's worth
noting that it is a rather flawed and in a number of respects
incorrect test you point to.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 3801
<show_bug.cgi?id=3801> ***

==============================================================================

There are a great number of open bug reports. I'd have to give AbiWord
two thumbs down, for the Windows version anyway. There are several
versions for linux.

<http://bugzilla.abisource.com/bugli...&bug_status=__open__&product=AbiWord&content=>

The program is currently choking on a 1 meg text file :( again.
 
 
(jmatt) wrote:
Click to expand...
Here are the links to the free versions of the following.
Click to expand...
Adept Write
http://www.safesite.com/category.ph...|&s=product.date_released|DESC[SiteID]digibuy
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win3/editor/adept2.zip
http://www.5star-shareware.com/Windows/Business/WordProcessing/adept-write.html
http://www.5star-shareware.com/Windows/Business/WordProcessing/adept-write-download.html
Click to expand...
Fast Light Writer ( not Light Writer )
http://www.oksid.ch/xd640/index.html
http://www.oksid.ch/flwriter/index.html
Click to expand...
Wordfile4me
http://www.download.com.ph/WordFile4ME.htm
http://www.downloadjunction.com/company/store/1793/index.html
http://www.downloadjunction.com/product/store/3646/index.html
Click to expand...


Thanks! I haven't heard of any of these.
 
Just wanted to say I'm real sorry for not seeing this post when I asked
a few posts later for a text editor with tabs. It really annoys me when
others do that so I always make sure I don't. I'm wondering if my ISP
didn't have this available.

I like Jarte which is mentioned in another reply here but can't see a
way to wrap text round a graphic.

Apologies
miskairal
 
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