14 DAY TRIAL // There is no computer without a text editor. There is no person who doesn?t need one on his/her PC. Remember the time when you were just a small kid? In the 1st grade, your parents used to buy you notebooks for you to write down on them.
At school you met your classmates and saw that they were writing on notebooks that looked different than yours. Some of them had colored covers with perfumed pages, others had covers with famous cartoon characters. You didn?t want to be the loser of the class with no fancy cover. So, you decided to go with your parents to choose yourself the notebooks that you liked.
Time has passed by and you?re now a grown-up. You?re sitting on your computer and want to decide on which of the text editors you want to use. Maybe you?ll choose ConTEXT. I?ll tell you a secret. I did and I?m satisfied with it! And now I will tell you why?
ConTEXT will occupy a very small part of your hard drive, so don?t worry about not having the necessary space for it. ConTEXT setup has only 1.51 MB. It doesn?t matter if you are using Windows 98 or Windows XP because ConTEXT is compatible with all types of Windows versions. If you are looking for a powerful text editor but you don?t want to spend a fortune on it, look no more my friend because ConTEXT is the answer to your prayers. It?s free! Not many good things are free in our times, so you don?t have to lose this opportunity. Download ConTEXT to your computer and enjoy its features.
This text editor is perfect as a secondary utility for software developers. Why because it will highlight the syntax for C/C++, Delphi/ Pascal, Java, Java Script, Visual Basic, Perl/CGI, HTML, SQL, FoxPro, 80x86 assembler, Python, PHP and Tcl/Tk.
If you want a program to ?speak? your language, ConTEXT is a smart application that will ?talk? for you in 22 languages: English, German, French, Croatian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Esperanto, Spanish, Galego, Italian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Russian, Slovakian, Polish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Slovenian and Turkish.
If you want to open 100.000 huge sized files in your text editor, that will be no problem for ConTEXT. It can support up to 4KB per line length. You can find and replace words in all your opened files. This text editor can export your files as HTML and RTF files; it will convert your work in DOS, Unix and Macintosh file formats if you like.
Do you want to take a final look at your document before you print it? ConTEXT has a print preview option for you. This text editor won?t occupy space from your taskbar because it has a Minimize to system tray option. The graphic interface looks better than Notebook?s, but it?s not as fancy as Microsoft Word?s.
You can make your own page setup if you go into File menu and select Page Setup option. If you modify your opened files you will be able to save them at the same time with Save All Files.
In Edit menu, beside all the common options that all text editors provide, you will find something special like Incremental Search, Toggle Selection Mode, Sort Text, Match Braces or Select Text Between Braces.
If you don?t want your files to be modified, you go to View and you choose Lock File For Changes. You will also find in View menu the option that will enable/disable the ruler, OEM Charset or Show/hide Special Characters. File Panel (Ctrl+Shift+E or View => File Panel) has 3 options: File Explorer, Favorites and History. Each option includes more buttons that will make your work much easier.
Select your text and you can transform/invert your words to upper/lower case if you open Format menu and choose the option you desire to use. In Format menu you will also find options like Reformat Paragraph, Fill Block, Insert Code From Template, Comment/Uncomment Code, Insert Time Stamp and much more useful actions.
ConTEXT gives you the opportunity to work with Projects (.cpr files). Be free to use all the options from the Project menu. This text editor allows you to record, play and manage Macros. If you want to find out the statistics about your file, like number of lines, number of non-empty lines, characters, characters without blanks, commented char count and commented char count percent, just choose Tools => Statistics. In Tools you can also compare 2 files (Tools => Compare).
If you want to change the language, go to Options and hit Environment Options. There you will find a lot of others options. In the same place you will find options for the backup of your file and much more. Choosing Options => Stay On Top will enable the ConTEXT ability to remain on top of others applications that you run at the same time. In that way, you won?t be bothered by pop-ups.
With the Window menu you can modify the arrangement of your working area exactly the way you like. The buttons below the Menu area are useful because they represent shortcuts to the most used actions. In my opinion, ConTEXT is the best solution for the software developers who need a text editor.
The Good
A good thing about ConTEXT is the fact that it is FREE! This text editor includes the ability to highlight the syntax to many different software developing environments.
The Bad
Because of the poor graphic interface, it is possible to repel amateurs.
The Truth
In the first place, ConTEXT will attract users because they don?t have to pay for it. Furthermore, it has a lot of useful features and it won?t take much space from the hard drive. I wish you pleasant typing!
Here are some snapshots of the application in action:
