Text & Hexadecimal editors

Notepad (which comes with Windows) is actually quite cool, but it isn't always what you need. It's a little too basic. So if you are looking for more advanced text editors, here are a select few you may like.

I also list a couple of Hex editors here, albeit a translator seldom needs one. It can be darn usefull if you are trying to recover a corrupted file or trying to figure out a format. If you don't know what an Hex editor is, no worries, you are certainly not the only one. To give you a short (imperfect) explanation, there is always 2 "sides" to a file: What you see (text, formating,...), and what the computer sees (0 and 1s). A text editor will show you text, an hex editor will show you the code.

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I know there are zillions of other good text editors. I like the ones above because they are simple, reliable and free. Please contact me if you wish to suggest another tool in this section.