Last year, I looked at the better Ruby/Rails editors in Windows. With Notepad++ version 6 released recently, I decided to check whether it’s good enough to be an alternative to those two.
Screenshot again with my depressing lotto app:
Overall, it’s ok, especially with the Explorer plugin. However, there are still a bunch of stuff I’d nitpick about:
- Split screen is limited to 2 screens. Which is weird limitation considering both vim and emacs can do an infinite number of them.
- EOL symbols are ugly and can’t be modified.
- No Haml support yet.
[…] EDIT: Quick write-up on Notepad++ v6.0 here. […]
I dont have the same requirements than you but I have evaluated NotePad++ and decided to stick with PsPad. It doesnt allow for multiple files in split window mode yet, but I dont find myself in that boat very often.
ciao!