looking for text editor to edit NFOs

[George]

I'm bored with my text editor and I'm looking for a new one.
The main features it has to have are:

• It can replace multi line strings (remove or add line breaks / tabs with replace function)
  It allows copy-past vertical blocks
  It supports utf-8 and can open NFO file in utf-8 mode by default (without any mouse click)
  It can store last cursor position and open file on this position on next open

if you know any - let me know, please

[michael blunck]

Some people over here (AndersI, myself, ...) are using PSPad.

Don´t know about UTF-8 capabilities, but it´s surely worth a try, especially because you may "bundle" files into "projects" and you may highlight text in different ways.

Beware! It´s much more than an editor, it´s an integrated development tool.

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regards
Michael

[fjb]

Hi,

have a look at vim.
http://www.vim.org/

[George]

Beware! It´s much more than an editor, it´s an integrated development tool.

Please help!
I used this plugin http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?2,34061 and I have a problem. When I make a search it replaces Þ with ? - what to do?

[cmoiromain]

isn't that a font issue?

[George]

isn't that a font issue?

IMHO no, because it is Ok before replace

[michael blunck]

Please help!
I used this plugin http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?2,34061 and I have a problem. When I make a search it replaces Þ with ? - what to do?

I´ve seen that you already registered there and asked for help. I doubt that anyone over here uses that particular plugin, so ...

regards
Michael

[George]

Please help!
I used this plugin http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?2,34061 and I have a problem. When I make a search it replaces Þ with ? - what to do?

I´ve seen that you already registered there and asked for help. I doubt that anyone over here uses that particular plugin, so ...

Do you use this plug-in? How do you replace multi line strings? what settings do you use to work with UTF-8?

[michael blunck]

you use this plug-in? How do you replace multi line strings? what settings do you use to work with UTF-8?

No. I don´t. ATM, I don´t.

regards
Michael

[onodera]

Try UltraEdit. It doesn't remember the cursor position, but I *think* its bookmarks are persistent.

[prissi]

I use Utraedit, since I also often need multiline replaces and UTF8. At least in version 8.20 it remembered the cursor position too of the last opened files. However, I am not sure how bloated current version have gotten.

[Devastator]

or you can try Notepad++
Its open source editor, same as ultraedit or pspad

[CMircea]

or you can try Notepad++
Its open source editor, same as ultraedit or pspad

Except that I can't get multi-line replaces in it.

[George]

or you can try Notepad++
Its open source editor, same as ultraedit or pspad

Except that I can't get multi-line replaces in it.

I could do it, but it was hard in use, so I rejected it.

[DaleStan]

The biggest issue, as I see it (stop me if I'm way off here) is the not-entirely-obvious mix of Latin-TTD and UTF-8 with TTD private characters.

Therefore, the most necessary feature in an NFO editor is the ability to handle this weird encoding properly. Better would be one that can save strings that fit into Latin-TTD as Latin-TTD, instead of a simplistic always-UTF-8 scheme.

A custom-built editor could do this, but it seems rather like at least re-inventing the wheel, if not reinventing the square wheel. There are editors that provide massive scripting power, and I would say that one or more of them, fit with the appropriate script(s)[0] would be the best solution. I suspect that (X)Emacs would provide the scripting power necessary to make that happen, but I don't know enough about it to be sure.

[0] I'd say that it's only necessary to parse actions 4, 8, B, F, and 13 for string conversion.

[George]

The biggest issue, as I see it (stop me if I'm way off here) is the not-entirely-obvious mix of Latin-TTD and UTF-8 with TTD private characters.
Therefore, the most necessary feature in an NFO editor is the ability to handle this weird encoding properly. Better would be one that can save strings that fit into Latin-TTD as Latin-TTD, instead of a simplistic always-UTF-8 scheme.
A custom-built editor could do this, but it seems rather like at least re-inventing the wheel, if not reinventing the square wheel. There are editors that provide massive scripting power, and I would say that one or more of them, fit with the appropriate script(s)[0] would be the best solution. I suspect that (X)Emacs would provide the scripting power necessary to make that happen, but I don't know enough about it to be sure.
[0] I'd say that it's only necessary to parse actions 4, 8, B, F, and 13 for string conversion.

It would be really useful if someone would provide a customisation for some editor to edit NFOs
I'd with pleasure use it if the editor would support (a must list):
- multi-line simple/regexp find and replace
- vertical blocks select/copy/cut/paste with keyboard
- remembering the last edited position on next open