timrodgers

Can anyone recommend a good (free) PC-based text editor? I don't need whistles and bells, just a very simple editor that allows quick and efficient editing of basic text documents. I want one that leaves the text file exactly as it was (plus edits), ie doesn't increase the filesize by adding extra end of line characters.

Thanks.

pursuit

TextPad should be one of them.

Vger

Doesn't get any simpler than Note Pad - but then there's Text Pad, PS Pad, Crimson Editor etc. and the essential Win Merge for file comparisons side by side.

Vger

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Euge

ConTEXT is more for software development, but is small and fast:
Text Editor for Windows

percepts

most of the time I use word since it handles text files perfectly well. But yes, textpad, notepad and many others out there.

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Alex.

Notepad++ is pretty good editor.
You can also install it on a memory stick.

red-defender

I only ever use NoteTab Pro. The Pro version is not free, but there is a Lite version, too. Award-Winning NoteTab Text Editors and HTML Editors

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Patch

What Red-Defender said. I use the Pro version too - the Lite has less features, e.g. no line numbers

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