MSText
A text editor that opens instantly.
MSText is a fast plain-text editor with syntax colouring and a live Markdown preview. One file per window, no tabs. Built for the files you touch while making Unreal Engine games.
24 MB
Colour-highlighted file size limit
4
Encodings saved back as they came
Ctrl+Shift+M
Markdown preview
Opens instantly
One file per window and no tabs. Open a file from the command line, drag it in, or choose File > Open.
Colour for your files
C++ headers and sources, HLSL, C#, Rust, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, JSON, .uproject and .uplugin.
Safe by design
Atomic saves, recovery copies after a crash, and your encoding and line endings preserved.
MSText
Markdown with highlighting
A document with syntax highlighting, with line, column, encoding and size in the status bar.
Everything in MSText
Syntax
- C++, HLSL and C# colouring
- Rust, Python, JavaScript and TypeScript
- HTML, XML, CSS and JSON
- Unreal INI config files
- TOML, YAML, shell and batch
Markdown
- Coloured Markdown source
- Rendered preview beside the text
- Toggle the preview with Ctrl+Shift+M
Editing
- Find and replace with live match highlighting
- Go to line
- Toggle comment
- Duplicate, delete and move lines
- Bracket matching
- Sort lines and trim trailing whitespace
Encodings
- UTF-8, UTF-8 BOM, UTF-16 and Latin-1
- Saved back the way they came
- Line endings and indent style detected
- Change encoding from the status bar
- Reload a file as another encoding
Safety
- Atomic saves
- Recovery copy for unsaved windows
- Recovery offered back after a crash
- Reloads when the file changes on disk
- Windows with unsaved edits do not reload
Workflow
- Open Recent and Reload from Disk
- Drag and drop to open
- Each new file gets its own window
- Upper and lower case commands
- Large files open without colouring
Open a file and start typing.
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