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There are loads of simple text editing applications [[wiki:List of text editors|out there]], but some ''are'' actually more useful than others.
There are loads of simple text editing applications [[wiki:List of text editors|out there]], but some ''are'' actually more useful than others.
* [[wikipedia:Notepad|Notepad]] is very, very basic but it does come ready-installed with Windows OS.
* [[wikipedia:Microsoft_Notepad|Notepad]] is very, very basic but it does come ready-installed with Windows OS.
* [[Notepadpp VDF languages|Notepad++]] is an open source text editor with some very helpful tools and plugins for Source modding. It is free to download.
* [[Notepadpp VDF languages|Notepad++]] is an open source text editor with some very helpful tools and plugins for Source modding. It is free to download.
* [[Highlighting and Compiling QCs with ConTEXT|ConTEXT]]
* [[Highlighting and Compiling QCs with ConTEXT|ConTEXT]]

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There are loads of simple text editing applications out there, but some are actually more useful than others.

  • Notepad is very, very basic but it does come ready-installed with Windows OS.
  • Notepad++ is an open source text editor with some very helpful tools and plugins for Source modding. It is free to download.
  • ConTEXT
  • AkelPad — Excellent replacement for Notepad, with plugins and C/C++/other languages code support (HighLight and Autocomplete plugins).


Uses

Whatever your favourite text editor might be, you will want to use it to open a number of different Source file extensions: