textpad

> From: A Computer User
> Sent: June 30, 2005
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: textpad
>
> Leo,

> Just found your web site!!! I am a software engineer with GM
> Powertrain. It was nice to see that I agree with A LOT of
> your recomendations. I did not see a text editor of choice,
> and was wondering if you have ever looked at or used TextPad
> (www.textpad.com)? I have never seen such a full featured
> text editor - In fact, it goes way beyond any text editor I
> have used (Emacs, Xemacs, etc). Just thought you might want
> to take a look if you have not already done so...

Actually I have, and was fairly impressed.

I use Microsoft Visual Studio as my editor, which is overkill
for anyone not actually writing software for Microsoft platforms.
(Hence my lack of a direct, blanket, recommendation to date.)
My last position at Microsoft was, in fact, on the Visual Studio
team. It's incredibly powerful, but also comes with a lot of
baggage.

Were I to drop VS (as I may someday hence), Textpad is on the
short list to be evaluated.

Leo