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TextPad

Score7 out of 10

6 Reviews and Ratings

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What is TextPad?

TextPad is a free and open source general purpose plain text file editor, for Windows.

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TextPad: a fast and functional text editor

Incentivized
Gary Davis
Director in Information Technology at Alliance Entertainment (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Starts up very fast.
  • Handles large text files easily.

Cons

  • I would like a "delete non-bookmarked lines" so I can skip the "invert bookmarks" step.
  • The "Compare Text Files" could be streamlined to compare text in 2 tabs without going through the save steps.

Return on Investment

  • TextPad is reasonably priced.
  • The pricing/licensing model is fixed and is not subscription-based.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Visual Studio Code and Notepad++

Other Software Used

RoboForm, Telerik, Beyond Compare

Textpad: Simple but Powerful

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Engineering (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Quick to load.
  • Very fast searching algorithm for finding and replacing text.
  • Macros are very useful.

Cons

  • Some of the look and feel is a bit dated, but that's not what one would normally use this program for anyway.

Return on Investment

  • Made my job easier, so I would say it had a positive return on investment. Especially for it's overall low cost.

Alternatives Considered

Notepad++, Vim and GNU Emacs

Other Software Used

Notepad++, Vim, Atlassian Confluence, GitHub, VMware ESXi, Slack, McAfee Endpoint Security, Puppet Enterprise (formerly Puppet Data Center Automation), Veeam Backup & Replication