Apple Terminal or Terminal.app is a terminal emulator software that is bundled on Mac OS X computers. Known to be a text based system, this is actually a terminal emulator that is originally from NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP. Now, it is used to locate or access Mac’s system as well as to other systems that are Unix based since it has an environment exclusively for Unix shells. It is a software product that emulates xterm, xterm-color, xterm-color256, rxvt, ansi, vt52, dtterm, vt100 and vt102, which are all chosen through a pop-up in the preferences of this application. Furthermore, this application has tabs which can be customized in colors and fonts. The new version of Terminal has search tool of the most recent command lines. It also has editing command lines, resending and deleting command lines. To add those, it supports icon for a more guided manipulation and usage of this emulator for beginners. There is also a version for mobile devices such as iPhone, which is called Mobile Terminal.app, that is used to execute an ssh-client application.
gVim is a free, open-source, highly configurable, feature-rich portable text editing software for programmers. It is known as the “programmer’s editor”. You can write codes efficiently with syntax highlighting in various languages, and has features such as search and replace for regular expressions. It has pop-out menus for easy access with a layered interface to enable you to work on multiple documents. gVim is the improved version of vi editor that is run on most Unix systems. It is bundled with another version of gVim to work in a Notepad-like manner called Easy Vim or evim or gVim Easy. It runs on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The latest version is version 7.3 with changes such as text concealment, Lua interface, blowfish encryption, swap file encryption, undo for reload, persistent undo and Python 3 interface.
Notepad++ is software known as source code editor. It was developed by Don Ho for Windows and it differs with the built-in Windows notepad in terms of tabbed editing. Tabbed editing is what allows users to work with multiple open files. Notepad++ is usually written in C++ and it also differs from the plain text Notepad for Windows in terms of features. While the plain text Notepad is limited with features as it cannot edit fonts, etc. Notepad++ is different because it features tabbed document interface, zooming, drag and drop features, file comparison, multiple clipboards, spell checkers and other amazing features. It is also equipped with source code features such as auto-completion, smart highlighting, bookmarks, smart highlighting and other source code features, providing users a more advanced and convenient way of writing HTML codes. Notepad++ is a free ware that runs on Windows operating system. It is known as software that promotes reduction of overall consumption of power through the use of CPU power saving binaries.