A short while ago I wrote an article discussing Codepress<\/a>, and some of the problems I had with it (link to Codepress Problems<\/a>). There were other issues that came up as well over the past few weeks, but I found a different javascript-based highlighter called Editarea<\/a>. Editarea appears to have been around about the same amount of time as Codepress, except that it seems to be harder to find. Anyways, a short table of some of the features that they both have\/don’t have.<\/p>\n
| <\/td>\n | Codepress<\/td>\n | Editarea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Syntax Highlighting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||
| Syntax Highlighting (web things like HTML, CSS, JS)<\/td>\n | Yes<\/td>\n | Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Switch syntax highlighting “On the fly”<\/td>\n | Yes<\/td>\n | No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Convienence Factors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||
| Auto Complete<\/td>\n | Yes<\/td>\n | No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Auto Indent<\/td>\n | No<\/td>\n | Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Change Tab Size<\/td>\n | No<\/td>\n | No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| CTRL-S support<\/td>\n | Simple patch<\/td>\n | Simple patch, has save button<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Find\/Replace<\/td>\n | No<\/td>\n | Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Indent selected blocks of text<\/td>\n | Complex patch<\/td>\n | Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Show Cursor Information (line, column)<\/td>\n | No<\/td>\n | Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Word Wrap<\/td>\n | No<\/td>\n | No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Copy\/Paste<\/td>\n | Removes tabs<\/td>\n | Original Text<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Feel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||
| Speed<\/td>\n | Quick<\/td>\n | Slow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bugs<\/td>\n | Stable<\/td>\n | Stable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Misc<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||
| Dynamic Line Numbers<\/td>\n | No<\/td>\n | Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Browser Support<\/td>\n | IE, Firefox, Opera<\/td>\n | IE, Firefox, Opera<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ease of integration<\/td>\n | Easy, has install notes<\/td>\n | Easy, has more documentation and options<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n So, who wins? Right now, I say Editarea is winning, since Find\/Replace, good copy\/paste, and block indenting are all critical features that you don’t realize you’re missing until they’re gone. However, I feel that in the future both editors will continue to improve significantly. Hopefully they solve the tab size problem.. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n |