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| I have found this multi purpose editor to be very useful in editing .php and .html pages. | | I have found this multi purpose editor to be very useful in editing .php and .html pages. |
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− | [http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm] | + | notepad++ [http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm] |
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− | 1) it "understands" a large variety of "languages" | + | 1) it "understands" a large variety of "languages" |
− | 2) it provides line numbers (multiple physical lines in the source file could be one line of php code) | + | 2) it provides line numbers (multiple physical lines in the source file could be one line of php code) |
− | 3) it highlights "begin" "end" tags for each style of "language" | + | 3) it highlights "begin" "end" tags for each style of "language" |
− | 4) it uses a green color to display all lines that are logically commented out in the "language" | + | 4) it uses a green color to display all lines that are logically commented out in the "language" |
| especially useful to discover errors when you attempt to comment out a range of lines in php | | especially useful to discover errors when you attempt to comment out a range of lines in php |
− | only to discover that you have ''escaped php and are in html'' - which uses a different type of comment! | + | only to discover that you have ''escaped php and are in html'' |
− | 5) ability to search a folder and all sub-folders for a "text string". | + | - which uses a different type of comment! |
| + | 5) ability to search a folder and all sub-folders for a "text string". |
| You will get a "window" showing the file name and the line number and the text for each line | | You will get a "window" showing the file name and the line number and the text for each line |