[Bldg-sim] Comparison of Text Editors for idf-file
Michael J Witte
mjwitte at gard.com
Wed Aug 15 08:16:41 PDT 2012
That's surprising - I've used UltraEdit for many years and don't see any
slowness. As far as I know I'm using mostly default settings. The only
time it seems slow is with large files (on the order of 50MB and up).
There is a setting to control this in Advanced --> Configuration -->File
Handling -->Temporary Files.
By the way, EnergyPlus v7.1 syntax highlighting files are available for
TextPad and UltraEdit (scroll to the bottom of the page).
http://energyplus.helpserve.com/Knowledgebase/List/Index/47
In UltraEdit, the settings for this are found in Advanced-->
Configuration --> Editor Display--> Syntax Highlighting
Mike
On 8/14/2012 8:06 PM, Jia Hu wrote:
> Could I ask how to set the UltraEdit? it seems very slow to open a
> text file compared to notepad++ and sublime.
>
> Thanks,.
>
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Chris Jones <cj at enersave.ca
> <mailto:cj at enersave.ca>> wrote:
>
> I haven't ventured into Energyplus IDF file editing but for
> DOE2.1e and DOE2.2, UltraEdit works great.
>
> UltraEdit includes:
> Syntax highlighting for programming languages not build included
> is very easy to add - edit a text file.
> Side by side file compare, file merge etc.
> Text fold/unfold
> Save Copy As
> Rectangular selection and column summing - this is handy when
> examining the results files.
>
> In addition UltraEdit has a fairly decent macro programming
> feature including Record Keystrokes which is very handy for
> extracting sections from the results files and copying them into
> another file.
>
> One nice feature of UltraEdit is the ability to define Projects -
> a group of files that are to be opened together.
>
> Also, you can run dos commands/programs - handy for command line
> compiling. I use it for running DOE2 when debugging an input
> file. You can also call Windows programs but I haven't had a need
> to do that as yet.
>
> I have been using UltraEdit since 1996 - it replaced the dos based
> editor I had been using, "Brief", a Borland product. I still use
> the Brief keystroke commands - UltraEdit allows you to redefine
> the keystroke commands.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 02:07 PM 14/08/2012, Pavel Dybskiy wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> It might be useful for some of us who gets annoyed with notepad.
>>
>> I did a quick comparison of three text editors: TextPad 6.1.3,
>> Notepad++ 6.1.5 and relatively new Sublime 2.1.
>>
>> I have selected several features, some of which I found very
>> useful, others somehow useful.
>>
>> *E.g. very useful: *
>>
>> * Syntax highlighting,
>> * Side by side file compare (someone may know this feature from
>> Total Commander),
>> * Text fold/unfold(collapse/uncollapse)
>>
>>
>> *Somehow useful: *
>>
>> * Save Copy As ... ,
>> * Rectangular selection (used to be in the stone age qedit)
>>
>>
>> A picture in the attachment shows the results of this comparison.
>>
>> In brief, NONE of these editors can claim having MORE THAN ONE
>> useful feature!
>>
>> Your comments and personal experience are very welcome.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Pavel Dybskiy
>> Ryerson University,Toronto
>>
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