Programmers are very protective of their text editors. Once they find something that works well for them, they almost develop a symbiotic relationship with the program. If you come between a programmer and his text editor, you better be prepared to eat asphalt. A good text editor for a programmer is a tool that is fast and completely customizable. With these needs in mind, I give you ConTEXT.

When I look for a good editor, I look for something that appears to have the same simple interface of Notepad, but has a lot more under the hood. ConTEXT qualifies. Anyone can just open the editor up and start using it, but you start to see the real functionality of the program when you open a few of your source code files. Syntax coloring is present here, and in my opinion, that’s always a good thing. The options that the editor gives you are perfect for allowing you to tweak the program to do exactly what you want – almost as if you programmed it yourself. I’m officially a big fan of this free and lightweight program.

[1.19M] [Win9x/2k/XP] [FREE]