Your favorite external source code editor?

[EricP]

Do any of you have any recommendations for external source code editors for use with EA?

What I'd like is pretty much the standard programmer's editor stuff...

• uses spaces instead of tabs

• allows user to set the number of spaces per tab stop

• converts existing tabs to spaces

• does all the normal auto-indent stuff, preferaby configurable e.g. indent before opening brace, or indent next line after opening brace, outdent closing brace, etc.

• "free" would be nice but not essential.

Other things like syntax highlighting, brace matching, etc. are nice too but the above would be the minimum that would make a useful external editor for use with EA.

I know there are lots and lots of free editors out there that do the above and more, and I've already looked at Notepad++ and Notepad2 and will look at others, but if any of you have a personal favorite you can suggest to me that would be much appreciated.

Thanks...

[Eve]

The code editor in EA received a major update in version 7.5.  I think that it does everything you're requesting.

Try out http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html to see if the features meet your needs.