Best text editor

[AndyNJ]

Anyone have any recommendations for a good pocketPC text editor?

Preferably one that can handle any type of text file and maybe has syntax highlighting. Idealy, something like a lite version of the desktop program notepad++ would be amazing.

[ChumleyEX]

well there is notepad and then there if pocket word..


Is word not up to par?

[AndyNJ]

Honestly, I haven't messed around with Word much, but it didn't seem like it was particularly what I was looking for.

How is it with .xml, .php, etc files? There didn't seem to be a straightforward way to open them.

[ernest33]

I use a text editor called MADE (by Flinkware) and i very happy with it. It is able to open large file too :) and handle very well different encoding (UTF8, ...)
If you want to take a look go here (http://freewareppc.com/docs/made.shtml) :D (the home MADE doesn't exist...it was www.flinkware.com :( )

Edit : I found one but it's not free...CEdit (http://tamsppc.tamoggemon.com/2007/06/01/cedit-review-the-syntax-highlighting-source-code-editor-for-pocketpc/) (around 20$)

Maybe someone will port "Scintilla" on PPC...

[jackleung]

I use SoftMaker office suit. It can read/write txt, doc, excel, powerpoint WITHOUT converting the files like the built in one (and that would mess up the layout most of the time).

[WhiteRussianBC]

Hi. I have to agree with ernest. MADE is the best text editor there is. Download free at freewareppc.com (Not freewarepocketpc.net)