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Crimson Editor

Crimson Editor is a professional source editor for Windows. While it can serve as a good replacement for Notepad, it also offers many powerful features for programming languages such as HTML, C/C++, ...

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Oct 11, 2008
For version:
3.70

All of the features you ever wanted

Interface: 5
Features: 5
Ease of use: 5
Value: 5
Overall:

This is a program that YOU have to grow into because it is so versatile. If you learn its more advanced features you will have increased your own skills. I like that.

Review by: JURYCOM (29)
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Oct 05, 2008
For version:
3.70

Have to give it a good rating

Interface: 5
Features: 5
Ease of use: 5
Value: 5
Overall:

I struggled as I like PSPad editor and honestly, still like it better than this. HOWEVER, it's not all too far off from it, and some ways, a bit better. I have to give this a 5, if you are looking for a powerful editor, this is it. It's easy to understand, no running issues, and an all around kick but text editor. I noticed there are a lot of undo edo's and wonder if there is even a limit... THAT is a plus. Does just about anything others do, yet it's not a large app by any means. I do like Crimson Editor for HTML better than PSPad, or even opening simple text files. So I do highly recommend this.

Review by: gimpguy (370)
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Mar 16, 2007
For version:
3.70

A valuable file editor.

Interface: 5
Features: 5
Ease of use: 5
Value: 5
Overall:

I have downloaded and tried most of the various file editors from Snapfiles and after doing a comparison between them I found Crimson Editor to have the best interface and features that a programmer or casual user would want. The designer really got this program right.

Review by: AdeptSystems (6)
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Jan 27, 2007
For version:
3.70

A top-notch code editor

Interface: 5
Features: 5
Ease of use: 5
Value: 5
Overall:

This is a fast editor with great features for developing and testing code (I use it for Java, Javascript, and C++). For ease-of-use and quick setup, Crimson Editor is hard to beat.

Review by: TerryP (61)
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Nov 27, 2006
For version:
3.70

Great edito

Interface: 4
Features: 5
Ease of use: 5
Value: 5
Overall:

I've been using this editor for about 1 year and find it meets any and all my needs. I am a cobol'r and the flexibility and ease of use is fantastic. great work

Review by: millilr (2)
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Feb 17, 2006
For version:
3.70

A 'must have' text editor

Interface: 5
Features: 5
Ease of use: 5
Value: 5
Overall:

This software is feature-packed and powerful. I can't believe it is free!

Review by: stoneage2
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May 27, 2005
For version:
3.60

Very good software

Interface: 5
Features: 5
Ease of use: 5
Value: 5
Overall:

Very good software It is really an Excellent free professional software. Thanks for this great work !!!

Review by: f_mustapha
First post

May 16, 2005
For version:
3.60

Great for searching variables...

Interface: 5
Features: 4
Ease of use: 5
Value: 5
Overall:

It's great for filtered text searches, especially when you have to wade through hundreds of files. I've use it frequently use to look for variables and classes in nuke/portal systems.

Review by: feningnyer
First post

Oct 29, 2004
For version:
3.60

The best i've seen

Interface: 4
Features: 4
Ease of use: 5
Value: 5
Overall:

The only bad thing I found is the Case convertion doesn't work with portugueses characters.

Review by: PauloVerissimo
First post

Oct 14, 2004
For version:
3.60

Perfect for html

Interface: 5
Features: 5
Ease of use: 5
Value: 5
Overall:

I use this program to hand code html. It is not my only editor and does not have the greatest spell checker, however when making global changes to my site this is what I use. Example: You want to change one word of phrase that appears on many pages. Open all of them in the tabbed program, copy the wrong info open the search and replace and go from page to page, saves lots of time.

Review by: oteotd (34)
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Oct 03, 2004
For version:
3.60

After three years, it's still my favorite

Interface: 5
Features: 5
Ease of use: 4
Value: 5
Overall:

As the title says, I've been using Crimson for three years now, and don't have a bad thing to say about it. It's a relatively small download, and has every feature you'll ever need in a text editor. Because the syntax files are easily edited, you can have highlighting set up for a particular language exactly how you'd like it. Some of the advanced functions take some time to learn, so someone moving straight from Notepad to Crimson may be overwhelmed by every little setting s/he can configure. Definitely worth a look-see if you're in the market for a new programmer's editor.

Review by: CRettig (5)
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Jul 31, 2004
For version:
3.60

Nice application

Interface: 4
Features: 3
Ease of use: 4
Value: 5
Overall:

Recently, I have begun learning C++ and tried several different text editors. Of them, I like Crimson Editor the best. True, while not as feature extensive as some of the other editors I've tried, it certainly has everything I need to do what I need to do. More importantly for me, Crimson editor is smallest, fastest and least resource hungry of those I tried. What really draws me to Crimson Editor is the simplicity of its user interface. I'm not overwhelmed with a dozen different toolbars when I start the program. I think the menu items are very well planned out and I can always find the options I want quickly and conveniently. Also, I find customizing the syntax highlighting to be very easy and the configurable user tools very useful.

Review by: tupperduck (3)
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Jul 23, 2004
For version:
3.60

Great notepad replacement

Interface: 5
Features: 5
Ease of use: 5
Value: 5
Overall:

I tried many different text editors before settling on this one and I am not disappointed. This is one of the first pieces of software that I install on all of my computers. It is fast and handles very large text documents with ease. Check it out, you won't be disappointed.

Review by: kpjackson (2)
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Mar 10, 2004
For version:
NA

Good stuff!

Interface: 0
Features: 0
Ease of use: 0
Value: 0
Overall:

Goes quite well up there, in the same league as other text editors!

Review by: offmdan (4)
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