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The test machine used was an HP Pavilion, 500 mhz Intel, 256 megs of ram, Maxtor 7200 drive running Win 98SE.
maketext.zip (21,782 bytes) Creates large text files that were used to test with - read the readme!
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Key to the table entries:
1. Registry entries 2. Download size in KB 3. Executable size in KB (not including subprograms or .dll's.) 4. Maximum file size in MB the program can work with on MY system. YMMV 5. AS (AutoSave open files) 6. S (splits files) J (joins files) 7. MF (opens multiple files) SV (split view) Ex (external viewer) 8. Sp (spell checker) Th (thesaurus) Stat (statistics - words, characters, etc.) |
9. RTF (reads and writes Rich Text Format)
10. Export formats 11. HL (syntax highlighting: hyperlinks, programming languages) 12. Enc (encryption) Er (erase files) 13. eMail (can email a file) 14. S&R (Search and Replace) Strip (strips HTML coding) Macro (built in macro capability) 15. SW (soft wrap at a user defined column) HW (hard wrap - saves wrap info with file |
| EditorType | Program | version | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NotePad | Editor² | v2.5 b2.5.0.4 | 115 | 56 | 98 | 50 | . | J | . | . | . | Unix: Unicode | . | . | . | S&R | . |
| NotePad | Editpad Classic | v3.5.3 | 2 | 309 | 295 | 100 | . | J | MF | . | . | Unix: Mac | . | . | S&R | . | |
| NotePad | EditPad Lite | v3.4.0 | 4 | 291 | 631 | 100 | . | J | MF | . | . | Unix: Mac | . | . | S&R | . | |
| NotePad | MetaPad FULL | v3.5 | 2 | 46 | 94 | 10 | . | J | Ex | . | . | DOS: Unix: Unicode | . | . | . | S&R | . |
| NotePad | MetaPad LE | v3.5 | 22 | 45 | 90 | 1 | . | J | Ex | . | . | DOS: Unix: Unicode | . | . | . | S&R | . |
| NotePad | Notemaid | v1.55 | 0 | 54 | 84 | 50 | . | S; J | . | Stat | . | . | . | . | . | S&R; Strip | . |
| NotePad | NotesPad | v8.0 | 10 | 1004 | 777 | 100 | . | S; J | MF | Sp | . | DOS: Unix: Mac | . | . | . | S&R; Strip | . |
| NotePad | NoteTab Light | v4.95 | 19 | 1795 | 1756 | 50 | AS | J | MF | Stat | . | DOS: Unix: Mac: EBCDIC | HL | . | S&R; Strip | SW | |
| NotePad | NoteXPad | v1.4.1.0 | 11 | 256 | 48 | 50 | . | J | Ex | . | . | Win: Unix: Mac: Unicode: UTF-8 | HL | . | S&R | . | |
| NotePad | Prolix | v3.2 | 0 | 507 | 938 | 100 | . | . | MF; SV | . | . | DOS: Unix: Mac | . | . | . | S&R | SW |
| NotePad | Quick Editor | v3.0f | 0 | 140 | 35 | 10 | . | J | MF | . | . | . | . | . | . | S&R; Strip | . |
| NotePad | Shalom Txt | v1.2 | 7 | 406 | 245 | 100 | . | . | MF | Stat | . | . | . | . | . | S&R | . |
| NotePad | TheGun | v2.5 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| NotePad | Win32Pad | v1.3.3 | 3 | 68 | 45 | 10 | . | J | . | . | . | DOS: Unix: Mac | . | . | . | S&R | . |
| Programming | Barry's emacs | v7.2b208 | 148 | 2312 | 44 | 50 | . | J | MF; SV | . | . | Mlisp: c/c++: HTML | HL | . | . | S&R; Macro | . |
| Programming | Syn Text Editor | v2.1.0.42 | 357 | 1736 | 2563 | 100 | AS | J | MF; SV | Sp | . | LaTex | HL | . | . | S&R | HW |
| Programming | Syn Text Editor | v2.5.0 beta | 39 | 1324 | 2558 | 100 | . | . | MF; SV | Sp | . | LaTex | HL | . | . | S&R | HW |
| Programming | VIM | v6.2 | 41 | 4144 | 1112 | 100 | . | . | SV | . | . | DOS: Unix: Mac | HL | Enc | . | S&R; Macro | . |
| Word Proc. | AbiWord | v1.0.6 | 15 | 3919 | 3320 | 2 | AS | J | MF | Sp; Stat | RTF | LaTex: DOC: RTF | . | . | . | S&R | . |
| Word Proc. | Atlantis Nova | v1.0.0.66 | 198 | 761 | 460 | 50 | . | J | MF | Stat | RTF | Yes | . | . | S&R | . | |
| WordPad | AEdit | v5.0 | 3 | 397 | 353 | 100 | . | . | MF | Sp | RTF | . | . | Enc | . | S&R | . |
| WordPad | AEdit SX | v4.0 | 0 | 1404 | 267 | 100 | . | . | MF | Sp | RTF | . | . | Enc | . | S&R | . |
| WordPad | Crypt Edit | v4.1 | 14 | 2000 | 548 | 50 | . | . | MF | Sp | RTF | Word 6.0/95 Word Perfect 5.0 | HL | Enc | S&R; Strip | . | |
| WordPad | CWordPad | v3.0f | 73 | 1625 | 353 | 100 | . | J | MF | Sp; Th | RTF | Word 6.0: RTF: .WRI | . | . | S&R | . | |
| WordPad | Delphad | v1.9 r4 b16 | 34 | 1070 | 501 | 10 | . | J | MF | Sp; Stat | RTF | WP 5.x: Word 2.x: 6.0/95: 97-2002: RTF: HTML | HL | Enc | S&R | . |
AbiWord (v1.0.6), author:SourceGear Corporation (Dom Lachowicz)
AEdit (v5.0), author:AXAR Team
AEdit SX (v4.0), author:AXAR Team
Atlantis Nova (v1.0.0.66), author:Rising Sun Solutions Note: Extremely efficient in saving .jpg to.rtf file!
Barry's emacs (v7.2b208), author:(Barry A. Scott)
Crypt Edit (v4.1), author:PolySoft Solutions (Ulyanov Ilya)
CWordPad (v3.0f), author:Cetus Software
Delphad (v1.9 r4 b16), author:(Hermann Hehn)
Editor² (v2.5 b2.5.0.4), author:(Nikos Bozinis)
Editpad Classic (v3.5.3), author:(Jan Goyvaerts)
EditPad Lite (v3.4.0), author:(Jan Goyvaerts)
MetaPad FULL (v3.5), author:(Alexander Davidson) Surprise! If you replace notepad (for maximum notepadiness) you'll experience a random replacement, that can be hours or days apart, of the notepad icon with "blood-dripping eyeball" modified notepad.ICO that's in the metapad.exe file . This modified notepad.ICO does not get registered by windows in the usual places so a Find search of *.ico will not display it.
MetaPad LE (v3.5), author:(Alexander Davidson)
Notemaid (v1.55), author:Kent's Internet (Kent H.)
NotesPad (v8.0), author:(Don E. Z'Boray)
NoteTab Light (v4.95), author:Fookes Software
NoteXPad (v1.4.1.0), author:(Ryan Lederman)
Prolix (v3.2), author:Kobayashi Software
Quick Editor (v3.0f), author:(Hutch)
Shalom Txt (v1.2), author:(Finn Ekberg Christiansen)
Syn Text Editor (v2.1.0.42), author:(Ascher Stefan)
Syn Text Editor (v2.5.0 beta), author:(Ascher Stefan)
TheGun (v2.5), author:(Hutch)
VIM (v6.2), author:Vim column/block editing
Win32Pad (v1.3.3), author:(Gennady Feldman)
