Personally I used notepad++ for smaller edits, and vs code for larger projects.

Vs code definitely has a learning curve, but it's open source, and super powerful.



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-------- Original message --------
From: Rick DeWitt AA0RD via chirp_devel <chirp_devel@intrepid.danplanet.com>
Date: 1/7/20 10:36 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: Jim Unroe via chirp_devel <chirp_devel@intrepid.danplanet.com>
Subject: Re: [chirp_devel] Programmer's Code Editor Recommendation

Another really handy editor is Notepad++. It has switches for Python
including indentation and declaration color-coding.

On 1/3/2020 2:39 PM, Jim Unroe via chirp_devel wrote:
> Hi Chirp-Devel,
>
> I have been working on putting together another computer to do CHIRP
> development on. On my old CHIRP development computer, Windows 7 Home
> 64-bit, I have been using the ConTEXT Programmer's Editor as my main
> editor. I really like ConTEXT but it has been out of development for
> over 10 years. Also after using its file compare feature, it can crash
> at any time losing any work that was done since the last save. A bug
> that will obviously not get fixed.
>
> I figure now is as good a time as any to find a different programmer's
> code editor to replace ConTEXT. I've been doing some googling to see
> if I can come up with something that is cross-platform (at least
> Windows and Linux) that I like. However, as I am looking, it occurred
> to me that I sould ask the group's members "what editor they are you
> using?" or "what editor do you recommend?"
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jim KC9HI
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