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Re:Ask YC: Best text editor for Windows? by aaco on Friday February 08, 2008 @08:17PM (#112459)
Vim. Both for Windows and Linux I use it, it's a good and very powerful editor. However it's not the type of editor that you'll get how to use it in 5 minutes (well, this is true for the very very basic use, just press "i" to insert text).

Download the self-installing executable here:

http://www.vim.org/download.php#pc

Re:Ask YC: Best text editor for Windows? by kashif on Friday February 08, 2008 @10:00PM (#112514)
Just upvoting ViM is not enough, so I put in this note. I have used Emacs and ViM and I am with ViM forever...
Re:Ask YC: Best text editor for Windows? by yters on Friday February 08, 2008 @10:03PM (#112518)
There is a vi mode in emacs, though it just replicates the keybindings: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/ViperMode