i partly made this topic because i have a question:

is there a code editor that connects to an ftp server and can edit/upload/remove files from it? i like notepad++ but it's quite annoying that whenever i want to edit a file on my website i have to copy and paste the code into notepad++, edit it, and then copy it back. it's possible to edit the files using the file manager built into 1freehosting, but it doesn't have syntax highlighting

it's not really necessary, it's just quite consuming to have to paste the code into the editor and then paste it back

but you can also just discuss which editor you use and which ones are good/bad, etc.

standard-issue notepad is good enough

I like Notepad++ and jEdit. When I need to edit files on a web server I used the editor built into cPanel or net2ftp.

I replied to your thread on Coder's Shed

My setup is as follows:

Cyberduck connects to FTP server. I press the edit button after selecting a file. Cyberduck automatically launches textwrangler (or whatever other text editor you want, but I like textwrangler), and automatically uploads the edits when I save the file (or just press cmd+s).

Really easy and fast

Just use FileZilla or another good FTP client to connect, host your files locally (use your ocmputer as a test server), and upload when done.

veggieman001 wrote:

Notepad++ is a coder's best friend.

i know
i only have regular :'(

Notepad++ and then use Filezilla

I know you mentioned it, but I just use the 1freehosting thingymabob.

All I use is Notepad (I mean, unless Python and KompoZer count)

thanks guys, i'll try all of these

I personally use these, most preferred first:

-GNU nano: simple, functional (syntax highlight based on file extension, search/replace etc.) and really fast - it's an Unix terminal application.
-gedit: also simple, but just slightly slower due to it being a windowed app.
-Geany: has built-in project managament tools, but that often doesn't work for me.
-Notepad++: I pretty much never code in Windows.

veggieman001 wrote:

Does gedit have syntax highlighting?

yes

I do a lot of html, so I'm also a fan of the auto closing tags / auto indentation. Being able to fullscreen / hide the sidebarsetc is handy too (yayyy distraction-free html)

When I'm making an offline program I'm always using the PDE
I should probably hack up a version of that which does other languages too

If we're discussg editors… Sublime text is… Well, sublime. I still use Npp though, I think Sublime Text looks better on OSX than Windows.

Sublime text sounds cool… is it better than text wrangler?

jji7skyline wrote:

Sublime text sounds cool… is it better than text wrangler?

I couldn't really say, I've never used TextWrangler as it is OSX only.

veggieman001 wrote:

Notepad++ is a coder's best friend.

No, Google is.