Intype is a text, code and xml editor for the Windows operating system that resembles advanced editors like Notepad++ in many aspects. It features the same extensibility and customizability as the popular Notepad replacement including scripting support and native plugin support.
There is not a noticeable difference performance wise considering the program startup time and text loading performance. The Intype text editor uses a tabbed interface to display multiple text documents in the same interface. Plugins – which are called bundles in the editor – are available for various programming languages to add better support in the editor. Support is build in for programming languages like C, PHP, Java and various other scripting languages like HTML, XML or CSS supporting language grammar snippets and additional features.
The project’s website contains downloads for additional bundles that can be added to the text editor. The editor is currently in alpha stage. It can be freely downloaded from the developer’s website. The FAQ states however that the editor will not be free once it is fully released.
Intype might be worth a look for users who use plain text editors for coding purposes. It does not however provide access to powerful new features or commands that other text editors like Notepad++ do not offer.
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0.3.1.734 is the latest Unstable build available.But you are showing
0.3.1.824 ,how did you get it?
I think you took the screenshot from the blog about upcoming possible design of new Intype build,didn’t you?
I remember trying out Intype 0.3.1.547 about a year ago. I liked it but as I was used to Notepad++ because the release was still alpha, I never really did much with it. However, today I’ve had to edit an xml file & the code is unreadable in Notepad++ (not that N++ can’t show xml properly, it’s because the code I have is XHTML & N++ is reading it as XML). I thought Intype may be able to deal with it so I re-ran it & at first it looked the same as N++ (syntax colours as one long unreadable string) so I switched it over to read as XHTML in Intype & it looks far more readable & easier to work with.
See 2 shots of the same file in Intype & N++
Notepad++ doesn’t seem to have the XHTML language added (perhaps needs a plug-in ?), so at least Intype has a feature that N++ is missing.
Intype : http://i44.tinypic.com/nb7tja.jpg
Notepad++ : http://i42.tinypic.com/2ppkbk8.jpg