Emacs

Working with textual content and code in the same time is not something your regular notepad or text editor would be able to do natively. For this reason, those who need to change lines of code inside files and perform advanced operations will need more powerful tools, the likes of Emacs.

This particular software solution offers, from a very simple interface, quick access to a wide variety of functions that can accommodate the needs of programmers and regular users alike. Even if it may seem a bit difficult to get by, the tutorials, manuals and other accompanying documentation can shed some light on how to use each feature of the program.

Neatly organized in their corresponding menus, the editing commands and the built-in tools that make Emacs one of the preferred utilities of its kind, cover many actions for all types of content that can be viewed and edited through this application.

There is extensive support for many language environments and you will be able to set coding systems for commands, file names, keyboard, selections and many more.

An interesting feature of this utility is the ability to select a folder and read it in order to operate modifications on the contained files. Each you select a document from that directory view, it is treated like a buffer and made available from the dedicated menu.

From the 'Tools' area of the software you can perform searches, compile code, use the debugger or source code parsers, compare files, buffers, folders, regions and a lot more. The version control section is also fully equipped for a lot of actions one would need to carry out and there is also a sub-menu dedicated to the encryption and decryption of files, keys or regions.

The impressive set of functions that are packed inside the Emacs package are reason enough for the popularity this cross-platform program still enjoys, even if it seems to be tailored only for advanced users.