RJ TextEd is a full featured text and source editor with Unicode support, syntax highlighting and code folding. The functionality extends beyond text files and includes support for HTML editing with integrated preview, spell checking, auto completion, HTML validation, templates and more. The program also include support for Topstyle Lite CSS editor, has a dual pane file commander, as well as a FTP client to upload your files. Below is a small list of features available. For a full list check out the features section.
RJ TextEd is released as FREEWARE. However, if you find the program useful I would appreciate a small donation.
Edit plain text :
- The editor handles any type of file. ANSI, ASCII, UTF-8, Unicode and binary files. Text documents can be converted between different character sets.
- Internally text is handled as Unicode. All functions of the editor support Unicode.
- Uses tabs to easily switch between documents.
- Support code folding and regions (.NET languages).
- Column editing mode.
- Spell check in several different languages. Unicode is supported.
- Unlimited undo/redo.
- 10 different bookmarks.
- The word wrap function tries to break the text to make it as readable as possible.
Edit source code :
- The editor uses syntax files for source code highlighting.
- New syntax definition files can easily be created in the syntax editor tool.
- Code Explorer for easier navigation in your source code.
- Synchronized editing. E.g. rename a variable in several places within a selected block.
- Block Comments. Easily comment or uncomment a selected block of text.
- Class auto completion. Unicode supported.
- Tag auto completion. Unicode supported.
Write a home page :
- The editor use auto completion to aid you in writing tags and attributes.
- Several html tag shortcuts are available as well as several wizards e.g. table editor, list editor, frame editor...
- Use the Topstyle Lite CSS editor to help you to create style sheets.
- Html preview to help you inspect the result of you editing.
- Validate your html document.
- Format/repair you html document. Several options are available e.g. word wrap, indent...
- Use the FTP client "File Commander" to upload your home site.
Open, save or print a document :
- The editor can open and save text as ANSI, UTF-8 or Unicode. It can do so with or without a BOM (Unicode file signature).
- Handles unicode file paths and file names. Unicode is supported with all file operations including command line arguments, drag n' drop, MRU, Searching, file commander...
- The editor can also open and save binary files. It is not only a text editor, it is also a binary (hex) editor.
- Text or source code can be saved as html documents. The source is converted to html and properly highlighted before saving.
- Text can be encrypted using strong encryption (Twofish). When you open or save the file a password has to be entered.
- Before printing you can preview the printout.
- The print dialog gives you several options. E.g. syntax coloring, word wrap...
Connect to the outside world :
- The editor has FTP capabilities. You can edit a single document or you can manage your home site using the file commander.
- Synchronize a local folder with a remote folder on your FTP site.
- E-mail your document as plain text.
- E-mail your documents as attachments.
Convert your document :
- All converted documents are opened in its own tab.
- Convert from text to html or html to text. With or without syntax coloring.
- Convert document between different character sets. E.g. you are using an English Windows XP and want to open and edit a Russian text saved on a Russian Windows. If the text is saved as ANSI - all you see is some garbled text. Simply convert the document to character set "Cyrillic" and the text is displayed using Russian characters. You can use this feature to convert between a number of different character sets like DOS and MAC.
Tools :
- Syntax editor. Create syntax definition files using a graphic tool. Makes some things like sorting keywords very simple.
- Character viewer. View characters available in different fonts using Unicode or code pages. Lets you copy characters or texts to the clipboard.
- Unit converter. Convert between different units.
Miscellaneous :
- Skin support. About 70 skins are available.
- Skin builder. Build your own skins.
- Drag n' drop.
- Hexadecimal editor for binary files.
- And much more...
Changelog :
Code folding : Added new fold options. Check out the "Help" for more information on these.
EndBefore=<string> <string>
AllwaysAllowNesting=<Yes|No>
Word wrap : Increased speed. Especially for large files and long lines.
Support all fonts : It is now possible to use all fonts, including Arial, Verdana, Calibri... Tabs does now work correctly when using fonts with variable width, like Arial.
Draw/Parser changes :Made some changes to string handling. Less string data is moved around in memory when drawing text or parsing data for keywords, strings, code folding blocks... For small/normal file sizes you may not notice much difference, but for larger files it is very noticeable.
Added 4 new functions in the format menu :
- Convert tabs to spaces
- Convert spaces to tabs
- Convert leading spaces to tabs
- Remove trailing white spaces
Menu changes : Removed the "Convert" menu and re-arranged some menus.
Open program and file(s) speed :
- Improved the upstart speed.
- Made the file(s) open faster in the editor.
- The language and option files are stored in memory. Had to create an UTF-16 enabled memory ini class to make this possible. It also uses a hashed Unicode string list to store the options.
Quickbar : Added a new tab to the "Quickbar" called "General". It's the first tab and only have 2 buttons: "Enclose" (enclose selection with e.g. quotes) and "Configure Tools...". You can add your own tool buttons on the rest of the toolbar.
Tools : Made it possible to add tools to the "Quickbar->General" tab toolbar.
Status bar : Made some visual changes to the status bar. Overwrite mode (OVR) and Column mode (COL) is now highlighted.
Recent files : Added a menu item in the "Recent files" menu to clear the list.
Misc :
- New indicators to mark word wrapped lines.
- Indent lines as dotted.
- Option to "convert tabs to spaces before saving"
- Option to "remove trailing white spaces before saving"
- <Esc> will close the search pane at the bottom.
- The buttons on the find pane keep there focus so you can continue to search or replace by pressing .
- Colons are no longer included when you double click on a word.
- New tool option to open selected file in "File Commander".
- Middle mouse button click on a tab will close the document.
- Added "Read-Only" menu item to the document tab menu.
- The startup splash is back.
Bugs :
- Mouse click on bottom list on "Clips" tab could cause an error.
- Find in read only documents wasn't working.
- Scrolling in text preview on the options dialog didn't work.
- Several taskbar button problems where fixed. ( Especially in Win 98 )
- Fixed several problems in the startup procedure and re-enabled the startup splash window.
- Fixed some issues with the warning message when an external program has changed a document.
- Fixed a "User Menu" Unicode character problem.
- Command line option /L failed if program was already running.
- An error with deleting a selection and folding.
- Fixed several undo/redo issues.
- The folder tree in the open/save dialog didn't show network drives.
- A few serious replace all issues
- Some issues with read only documents.
- Step problem in the script editor.
- Fixed several text cursor issues.
- Fixed several word wrap issues.
- A small issue in the FTP profile manager.
- Open/Save dialog filename completion.
- And more...
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