[Bldg-sim] Comparison of Text Editors for idf-file

Jia Hu hujia06 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 14 18:06:19 PDT 2012


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> 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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