[Hidden-tech] Versatile Text Editor with Find/Replace macros

[Jan Werner]

I had suggested TopStyle as a HomeSite replacement, but I also mentioned 
EditPad Pro as a more versatile text editor that could do what you want. 
EditPad Pro has the ability to record and organize macros and very 
strong regex capabilities

The author of EditPad. Jan Goyvaerts, wrote the Regular Expressions 
Cookbook (O'Reilly, 2009) and maintains the Regular-Expressions.info 
website (http://www.regular-expressions.info/). His company, JGSoft 
(http://www.just-great-software.com/) publishes a number of Windows 
programs for working with regular expressions, including RegexBuddy 
($40), a regex editor and debugger, RegexMagic ($40), which lets 
beginners build regular expressions from a GUI, and PowerGREP ($150), a 
powerful search and replace system with automation capabilities. All of 
these work together, so you can, e.g., use RegexBuddy in EditPad Pro.

Both the EditPad Pro and PowerGREP manuals are available in PDF format 
from the download pages for the respective programs.

Jan Werner
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Stefan Gonick wrote:
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> Hi Everyone,
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> Thank you for all of the interesting options for text editors. After exploring
> them a bit, I see that they all handle my original request. However, I have
> now gotten clear on a feature that I would really love.
>
> I need to clean up files on a regular basis where I would like to run a
> series of regex find and replace commands. I would like to be able to
> store these commands into a macro or a set of macros.
>
> I tried downloading and playing with Notepad++, but it's macros do not
> support the find and replace command. The other editors have to be
> purchased, though they do support a free trial period. Does anyone know
> if any of these editor will do what I want so that I don't have to download
> and try out each one of them? The available documentation online doesn't
> answer my question.
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> Thanks,
> Stefan
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