title: Windows IDE / editor for a beginner
body: <p>I'm teaching (or trying to teach) computer programming to a grad-student.  Her previous experience amounts to little more than writing spreadsheet formulae.  Which IDE or text editor should I recommend?</p>
  
  <p>Please bear in mind that:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>I only meet my student about once a week.</li>
  <li>She uses Windows and I use Linux.</li>
  <li>She doesn't have a community of users on hand.</li>
  <li>She doesn't have much money to spend.</li>
  </ul>
  
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  <p><strong>Edit:</strong> The languages she's learning at the moment are <em>Perl</em> and <em>R</em>.  (Sorry ... for forgetting to mention them earlier.)</p>
  
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  <p><strong>Edit:</strong> Thanks for all your answers!</p>
  
  <p>The most highly recommended editors are <em>jEdit</em> and <em>Notepad++</em>.</p>
  
  <p>If I can find a way to give my student adequate support for <em>Notepad++</em> (e.g. by running it under <em>Wine</em>) or if I think that she can manage without support from me, then I'll recommend that.  If not, I'll go for <em>jEdit</em>.</p>
  
  <p>Apologies, once again, to those who saw the question before I got around to listing the languages that I'm teaching.</p>