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I have been playing with a lot of editors recently.  Why?  Only because I like to try new things and I have been starting to do more and more Python programing.

And no mater what I use, I keep coming back to Jedit.  Why?

• Plugins!  Key plugings for me are:
  • Beauty, which cleans up HTML, and XML.
  • JDiff, which compares two files side by side
  • HexEdit, which allows me to view a file in hex
  • Folding - folding of code blocks, not the best, but it does work.
• Split screen
• Run on multiple platforms
• Portable

The only real downside to Jedit is that is it a Java application and can be a bit slow.

Other editors that I have played with recently are:

• Notepad++
  • Good
    • Portable
  • Bad
    • Only runs in Windows
    • No plugin manager - you need to manually download and install
    • Limited, confusing split screens
• Editra
  • Good
    • Folding works great!
    • Not many add ons
    • Run on multiple platforms
    • Portable
  • Bad
    • No split screens
• Cream
  • Good
    • Run on multiple platforms
  • Bad
    • Not many add ons
    • No folding
• Komodo Edit
  • Good
    • Runs on multiple platforms
    • Plugins, but the plugin list is slim to date.
    • Looks good, but seems a bit heavy for an general purpose editor

So, what I am going to do?  I think I will stay with Jedit and keep an eye on Editra for now.