Comparison of text editors

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This article provides a basic feature comparison for several text editors. Additional feature details are available from the Category of text editor features and from the individual products' articles. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.

The comparisons are made on the stable versions of software – not the upcoming versions or beta releases – and without the use of any add-ons, extensions or external programs (unless specified in footnotes).

Contents 1 Overview 2 Operating system support 2.1 Cross platform 2.2 Java based 2.3 Windows only 2.4 Mac only 3 Document interface 4 Basic features 5 Programming features 6 Extra features 7 Protocol support 8 Encoding support 9 Newline support 10 References 11 See also

[edit] Overview

List of text editors

	Creator	First public release	Latest stable version	Cost (US$)	Software license
Acme	Rob Pike	1993	Distributed with the 4th Edition of Plan 9 and Inferno	Free	LPL, (OSI approved)
Alpha	Pete Keleher (now part of the Alpha-development team)	1990	8.0	$40 shareware	Core is closed source. Additional BSD components
Alphatk	Vince Darley	1999	8.3.3	$40	Proprietary, with BSD components
Aquamacs Emacs	David Reitter	2005	0.9.9d	Free	GPL
BBEdit	Rich Siegel	April 1992	8.5.1	$125, $49 educational	Proprietary
BDV Notepad	Badevlad company	2002	5.0	Free	Freeware
Bix	Tim Babb	2005	1.2	Free for non-commercial use	Proprietary
Bluefish	Bluefish Development Team	1999	1.0.7	Free	GPL
Boxer	David Hamel	1991	11.0.1	$59.99 shareware	Proprietary
ConTEXT	Eden Kirin	1999	0.98.3	Free	Proprietary
Crimson Editor	Ingyu Kang	?	3.7	Free	Proprietary
CRiSP	Paul D. Fox	1986	9.1.2c	$99, plus commercial licensing	Proprietary
Cssed	Iago Rubio	2003	0.4.0	Free	GPL
Diakonos	Pistos	2004	0.8.2	Free	GPL
ed	Ken Thompson	1970	unchanged from original	Free	Free
EditPlus	ES-Computing	20 March 1998	2.30	$30 (1-user)	Proprietary
EditPad Lite	JustGreatSoftware	1996	6.1.2	Free	Freeware
EditPad Pro	JustGreatSoftware	1996	6.1.2	$49.95	Shareware
gedit	GNU Project	2000	2.16.2	Free	GPL
GridinSoft Notepad	GridinSoft	2003	3.2	$35 (Pro), $19 (Home)	Shareware
GNU Emacs	Richard Stallman	1984	21.4	Free	GPL
Google Docs & Spreadsheets	Google	2006	beta	Free	Proprietary
JED	John E. Davis	1999 (?)	0.99-18	Free	GPL
jEdit	Slava Pestov	1998 (?)	4.3	Free	GPL
JOE	Joseph Allen	1990	3.4	Free	GPL
Kate	KDE Project	December 2000	2.5.4	Free	GPL
KWrite	KDE Project	2000	4.5	Free	GPL
MadEdit	Alston Chen	2004	0.2.4	Free	GPL
Metapad	Alexander Davidson	1999	3.51	Free	Freeware
mined	Thomas Wolff	1992	2000.12	Free	GPL
Nano	GNU Project	1999	2.0.0	Free	GPL
NEdit	Mark Edel	1991	5.5	Free	GPL
Notepad	Microsoft	1985	5.1	Bundled with Microsoft Windows	Proprietary
Notepad++	Don Ho	November 25, 2003	3.9	Free	GPL
Notepad2	Florian Balmer	April 2004	1.0.12	Free	GPL
Notetab	Eric Fookes, Fookes Software	1995	4.95	Free, $10 Standard, $20 Pro	Proprietary
nvi	Keith Bostic	?	1.79	Free	BSD license
Pico	University of Washington	?	4.64	Free	Proprietary
Professional Notepad	ATech Group	2004	2.9	$18	Shareware
Programmer's Notepad	Simon Steele	2002	2.0.6.1	Free	BSD license
PSPad	Jan Fiala	2002	4.5.0	Freeware	Proprietary
SciTE	Neil Hodgson	March 1999	1.71	Free	GPL
skEdit	Sean Kelly, skti	2002	3.6	$24.95 for a Lifetime license	Proprietary
SlickEdit	SlickEdit, Inc.	1988	11.0.2	$299	Proprietary
Smultron	Peter Borg	2004	2.0.3	Free	BSD
SubEthaEdit	TheCodingMonkeys	2003	2.5.1	$35 for commercial use	Proprietary
TED Notepad	Juraj Simlovic	2001	4.5.1	Free	Freeware
TextEdit	Apple Computer	?	1.4	Bundled with Mac OS X	Proprietary
TextPad	Helios Software Solutions	1992	4.7.3	$29	Shareware
TextMate	MacroMates	10 October 2004	1.5	€39	Proprietary, with MIT components
TextWrangler	Bare Bones Software	?	2.1.1	Freeware	Proprietary
UltraEdit	IDM Computer Solutions	1994	12.20	$40	Proprietary
Vim	Bram Moolenaar	1991	7.0	Free	GPL-compatible
XEmacs	Lucid Inc.	1991	21.4	Free	GPL
Zeus	Xidicone P/L	1995	3.95t	$39.95	Shareware

[edit] Operating system support

This section lists the operating systems that different editors can run on. Some editors run on additional operating systems that are not listed.

[edit] Cross platform

Text editors that run on multiple operating systems

	Windows	Mac OS X	Linux	BSD	Unix	OpenVMS
Acme	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Alphatk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bluefish	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cssed	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Diakonos	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
ed	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
EditPad Lite	Yes	No	Yes †	No	No	No
EditPad Pro	Yes	No	Yes †	No	No	No
gedit	No	Yes †	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
GNU Emacs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JED	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
jEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
JOE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Kate	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
KWrite	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
MadEdit	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
mined	Yes †	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Nano	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
NEdit	Yes	Yes †	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
nvi	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Pico	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Scite	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
SlickEdit	Yes	Yes †	Yes	No	Yes	No
Vim	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
XEmacs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Windows	Mac OS X	Linux	BSD	Unix	OpenVMS

• ↑  The most recent version (6.1.2) of EditPad Pro is not available for Linux. Therefore some of its listed features in the following sections may not be availble to Linux users.
• ↑  gedit, NEdit and SlickEdit run in the X11 window environment, and therefore do not use the the native Aqua look-and-feel when running on Mac OS X.
• ↑  mined runs on Windows using either cygwin (via an X terminal or a stand-alone rxvt) or in command prompt window (with the DOS version).

[edit] Java based

• jEdit, Bix

[edit] Windows only

• BDV Notepad, Boxer, ConTEXT, Crimson Editor, EditPlus, GridinSoft Notepad
• Metapad, Notepad, Notepad++, Notepad2, Notetab, Professional Notepad
• Programmer's Notepad, PSPad, TED Notepad, TextPad, UltraEdit, Zeus IDE

[edit] Mac only

• Alpha, BBEdit, skEdit, Smultron
• SubEthaEdit, TextEdit, TextMate, TextWrangler

[edit] Document interface

Text editor support for common document interfaces

	Single document interface	Single document window splitting	Multiple document interface
			Overlappable windows	Tabbed document interface	Window splitting
Acme	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Alpha	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Alphatk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Aquamacs Emacs	Yes	Yes	Yes	No †	Yes
BBEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
BDV Notepad	Yes	No	No	No	No
Bluefish	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Boxer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ConTEXT	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Crimson Editor	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
CRiSP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cssed	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Diakonos	Yes	No	No	No	No
ed	Yes	No	No	No	No
EditPad Lite	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
EditPad Pro	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
EditPlus	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
gedit	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
GridinSoft Notepad	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
GNU Emacs	Yes	Yes	Yes	No †	Yes
JED	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
jEdit	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
JOE	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Kate	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Single document interface	Single document window splitting	Multiple document interface
			Overlappable windows	Tabbed document interface	Window splitting
KWrite	Yes	No	No	No	No
MadEdit	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Metapad	Yes	No	No	No	No
mined	Yes	No	No †	No	No
Nano	Yes	No	No	No	No
NEdit	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Notepad	Yes	No	No	No	No
Notepad++	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Notepad2	Yes	No	No	No	No
Notetab	Yes	?	?	Yes	?
nvi	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Pico	Yes	No	No	No	No
Professional Notepad	Yes	No	No	No	No
PSPad	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Scite	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
skEdit	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
SlickEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Smultron	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
SubEthaEdit	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
TextPad	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
TextMate	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
TextWrangler	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
UltraEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vim	Yes	Yes	No	Yes †	Yes
XEmacs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zeus	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Single document interface	Single document window splitting	Overlappable windows	Tabbed document interface	Window splitting
			Multiple document interface

• ↑  'mined' supports Copy/Paste between multiple documents in separate windows, when these documents are in separate terminal windows
• ↑  Vim version 7 supports a tabbed document interface. Earlier versions can use a script shown here.
• ↑  Aquamacs Emacs and GNU Emacs can use a tabbed document interface in a non OS-native way, using the tabbar plug-in.

[edit] Basic features

Text editor support for basic editing features

	Spell checking	Regex-based find & replace	Encoding conversion	New-line conversion
Acme	No	Yes	No	No
Alpha	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Alphatk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Aquamacs Emacs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BBEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BDV Notepad	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bluefish	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Boxer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ConTEXT	No	Yes	Partial †	Yes
Crimson Editor	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cssed	No	Yes	No	Yes
Diakonos	No	Yes	No	No
ed	No	Yes	No	No
EditPad Lite	No	No	Yes	Yes
EditPad Pro	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
EditPlus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
gedit	Yes †	No	Yes	No
GNU Emacs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
GridinSoft Notepad	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JED	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
jEdit	Yes †	Yes	Yes	Yes
JOE	Yes †	Yes †	Yes	Yes
Kate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
KWrite	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MadEdit	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Metapad	Yes †	No	Yes	Yes
mined	No	Yes	Yes †	Yes †
Nano	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
NEdit	Yes †	Yes	No	Yes
Notepad	No	No	No	No
Notepad++	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Notepad2	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Notetab	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
nvi	No	Yes	No	No
Pico	Yes	No	No	No
Professional Notepad	No	Yes	Yes	No
PSPad	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Scite	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
skEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SlickEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SubEthaEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
TED Notepad	No	No	No	Yes
TextEdit	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
TextMate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
TextPad	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
TextWrangler	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
UltraEdit	Yes	Yes †	Yes	Yes
Vim	Yes †	Yes	Yes	Yes
XEmacs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zeus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Spell checking	Regex-based find & replace	Encoding conversion	New-line conversion

• ↑  ConTEXT only supports converting text to UTF-16. Also, it can only use one type of new-line format if converting to UTF-16.
• ↑  gedit supports spell checking via an plugin, which is distributed with gedit.
• ↑  jEdit supports spell checking via an external plugin.
• ↑  JOE supports spell checking via the ispell or aspell external plugins.
• ↑  JOE uses a non-standard regular expression syntax.
• ↑  Metapad spell checking requires the aspell plugin.
• ↑  mined can convert the encoding format when using the Copy & Paste feature between multiple documents (that have different encodings).
• ↑  mined supports new-line conversion via a command-line option. Different types of new-line format have different visual indications.
• ↑  NEdit supports spell checking via a plugin
• ↑  UltraEdit used a non-standard regular expression syntax in earlier versions, but now supports its proprietary format and PCREs.
• ↑  Vim version 7 supports spell checking natively. Earlier versions require a script shown here.

[edit] Programming features

This table lists common programming features implemented natively by different editors. See Source code editor.

	Syntax highlighting	Multiple undo/redo	Rectangular block selection	Bracket matching	Auto indentation	Autocomplete	Code folding	Text folding	Compiler integration
Acme	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Alpha	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Alphatk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Aquamacs Emacs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BBEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BDV Notepad	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Bluefish	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Boxer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Crimson Editor	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
ConTEXT	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
CRiSP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cssed	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Diakonos	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
ed	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
EditPad Lite	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
EditPad Pro	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
EditPlus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
gedit	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes†
GridinSoft Notepad	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
GNU Emacs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JED	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
jEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
JOE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Kate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
KWrite	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
MadEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Metapad	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
mined	Yes †	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Nano	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
NEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes†	No	No	Yes
Notepad	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Notepad++	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes †	Yes	Yes	Yes
Notepad2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Notetab	Yes	Yes	?	No	?	Yes	?	?	Yes
nvi	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Pico	No	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Professional Notepad	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
PSPad	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Scite	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
skEdit	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
SlickEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SubEthaEdit	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
TED Notepad	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
TextPad	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
TextMate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes †	Yes	Yes	No
UltraEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vim	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
XEmacs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zeus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Syntax highlighting	Multiple undo/redo	Rectangular block selection	Bracket matching	Auto indentation	Auto completion	Code folding	Text folding	Compiler integration

• ↑  Highlighting for HTML/XML, Javascript, JSP.
• ↑  Supported via supplied/user-created lists.
• ↑  Plugin
• ↑  Supported in some language bundles
• ↑  Functionality in plugins installed with gedit.

[edit] Extra features

This table lists other features implemented natively by different editors.

	Text shell integration	Graphical shell integration	Macro	Collaborative editing
Acme	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Alpha	Yes	Yes	Yes †	No
Alphatk	Yes	Yes	Yes †	No
Aquamacs Emacs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BBEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes †	No
BDV Notepad	No	Yes	No	No
Bluefish	No	Yes	?	?
Boxer	No	Yes	Yes	No
ConTEXT	No	Yes	Yes	No
Crimson Editor	No	Yes	Yes	No
CRiSP	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Cssed	Yes	Yes	Yes †	No
Diakonos	No	No	Yes	No
ed	No	No	No	No
EditPad Lite	No	No	No	No
EditPad Pro	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
EditPlus	No	Yes	Yes	No
gedit	Yes	Yes	Yes †	No
GNU Emacs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JED	Yes	No	Yes	No
jEdit	Yes	No	Yes	No
JOE	Yes	No	Yes	No
Kate	Yes	Yes	No	No
KWrite	No	No	No	No
MadEdit	No	No	No	No
Metapad	Yes	Yes	No	No
Nano	?	?	?	No
NEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Notepad	Yes	Yes	No	No
Notepad++	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Notepad2	No	No	No	No
nvi	Yes	No	No	?
Pico	?	?	?	No
Professional Notepad	?	No	?	No
PSPad	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
skEdit	Yes	Yes	No	Yes †
SlickEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
SubEthaEdit	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
TED Notepad	Yes	Yes	No	No
TextEdit	Yes	Yes	No	No
TextMate	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
TextPad	No	Yes	Yes	No
UltraEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Vim	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
XEmacs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zeus	Yes †	Yes	Yes	No
	Text shell integration	Graphical shell integration	Macro	Collaborative editing

• ↑  Supported via AppleScript, Tcl or text factories.
• ↑  Supported via AppleScript, Perl, Python, shell scripts or text factories.
• ↑  Supported via Python.
• ↑  Supported via Python Console plugin.
• ↑  Support using SCM plugins.
• ↑  Supported via the scripting and integrated tools feature set.

[edit] Protocol support

This table lists Internet protocols that different editors support for remote file editing.

	FTP	HyperText Transfer Protocol	Secure Shell	WebDAV
Acme	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Alpha	Yes	No	No	No
Alphatk	Yes	No	No	Yes
Aquamacs Emacs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes †
BBEdit	Yes	No	No	No
BDV Notepad	No	No	No	No
Bluefish	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
Boxer	Yes	No	No	No
Crimson Editor	Yes	No	No	No
CRiSP	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Cssed	No	No	No	No
ed	No	No	No	No
EditPad Lite	No	No	No	No
EditPad Pro	Yes	No	No	No
EditPlus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
gedit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
GridinSoft Notepad	No	No	No	No
GNU Emacs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JED	No	No	No	No
jEdit	Yes †	No	Yes †	Yes †
JOE	No	No	No	No
Kate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
KWrite	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MadEdit	No	No	No	No
Metapad	No	No	No	No
Nano	No	No	Yes	No
NEdit	No	No	No	No
Notepad	No	No	No	No
Notepad++	No	No	No	No
Notepad2	No	No	No	No
nvi	No	No	No	No
Pico	No	No	No	No
Professional Notepad	No	No	No	No
PSPad	Yes	No	No	No
skEdit	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
SlickEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
SubEthaEdit	Yes	No	No	No
TextPad	No	No	No	No
TextMate	Yes †	No	No	No
UltraEdit	Yes	No	Yes	No
Vim	Yes †	Yes †	Yes †	Yes †
XEmacs	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Zeus	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	FTP	HTTP	SSH	WebDAV

• ↑  Supported via plugins.
• ↑  Supported via netrw plugin.
• ↑  Supported via a Mac OS X mounted volume.

[edit] Encoding support

This table lists some of the most common character encodings that different editors support.

	ASCII	UTF-8	UTF-16/UCS-2
Acme	Yes	Yes	No
Alpha	Yes	No	No
Alphatk	Yes	Yes	Yes
Aquamacs Emacs	Yes	Yes	Yes
BBEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes
BDV Notepad	Yes	No	Yes
Bluefish	Yes	Yes	?
Boxer	Yes	No	No
Crimson Editor	Yes	No	Yes
ConTEXT	Yes	No	Yes
CRiSP	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cssed	Yes	Yes	No
ed	Yes	Yes	No
EditPad Lite	Yes	Yes	Yes
EditPad Pro	Yes	Yes	Yes
EditPlus	Yes	Yes	Yes
gedit	Yes	Yes	Yes
GridinSoft Notepad	Yes	Yes	Yes
GNU Emacs	Yes	Yes	Yes
JED	Yes	Yes	No
jEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes
JOE	Yes	Yes	No
Kate	Yes	Yes	Yes
KWrite	Yes	Yes	Yes
MadEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes
Metapad	Yes	Yes	Yes
mined	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nano	Yes	Yes	No
NEdit	Yes	No	No
Notepad	Yes	Yes	Yes
Notepad++	Yes	Yes	Yes
Notepad2	Yes	Yes	Yes
nvi	Yes	No	No
Pico	Yes	No	No
Professional Notepad	Yes	Yes	No
PSPad	Yes	Yes	Yes
Scite	Yes	Yes	Yes
skEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes
SlickEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes
SubEthaEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes
TED Notepad	Yes	Yes	Yes
TextPad	Yes	Partial †	Partial †
TextMate	Yes	Yes	Yes
UltraEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vim	Yes	Yes	Yes
XEmacs	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zeus	Yes	Yes	Yes
	ASCII	UTF-8	UTF-16

• ↑  TextPad can load and save UTF-8 and UTF-16 text files, but cannot use or even preserve characters outside of the system encoding. [1]

[edit] Newline support

This table states which newline character sequences different editors support.

	DOS (CR/LF)	Unix (LF)	Mac (CR)
Acme	No	Yes	No
Alpha	Yes	Yes	Yes
Alphatk	Yes	Yes	Yes
Aquamacs Emacs	Yes	Yes	Yes
BBEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes
BDV Notepad	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bluefish	?	?	?
Boxer	Yes	Yes	Yes
Crimson Editor	Yes	Yes	Yes
ConTEXT	Yes	Yes	Yes
CRiSP	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cssed	Yes	Yes	Yes
ed	No	Yes	No
EditPad Lite	Yes	Yes	Yes
EditPad Pro	Yes	Yes	Yes
EditPlus	Yes	Yes	Yes
gedit	Yes	Yes	Yes
GridinSoft Notepad	Yes	Yes	Yes
GNU Emacs	Yes	Yes	Yes
JED	Yes	Yes	Yes
jEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes
JOE	Yes	Yes	No
Kate	Yes	Yes	Yes
KWrite	Yes	Yes	Yes
MadEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes
Metapad	Yes	Yes	?
mined	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nano	Yes	Yes	Yes
NEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes
Notepad	Yes	No	No
Notepad++	Yes	Yes	Yes
Notepad2	Yes	Yes	Yes
nvi	?	Yes	?
Pico	?	Yes	?
Professional Notepad	Yes	Yes	Yes
PSPad	Yes	Yes	Yes
Scite	Yes	Yes	Yes
skEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes
SlickEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes
SubEthaEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes
TED Notepad	Yes	Yes	Yes
TextPad	Yes	Yes	Yes
TextMate	Yes	Yes	Yes
UltraEdit	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vim	Yes	Yes	Yes
XEmacs	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zeus	Yes	Yes	No
	DOS (CR/LF)	Unix (LF)	Mac (CR)

[edit] References

• GNU Emacs manual. GNU Emacs Manual 14th edition. Retrieved on March 11, 2005. "The Emacs Editor"

[edit] See also

• List of text editors
• Comparison of
  • word processors
  • integrated development environments
  • HTML editors
  • hex editors