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Seeking recommendations for a Mac text editor. by Phoon 2007-03-04 03:29:19
I'm getting tired of dealing with Emacs, but I haven't found another editor that works nearly as well. The syntax highlighting is a bit goofy, though, particularly when dealing with multiple languages. (I never could get mmm-mode to work.)

Besides, I'd prefer something that behaves as a proper Mac citizen. Emacs doesn't misbehave, per se, but none of the standard Mac shortcut keys work the way they should.

Before you ask, no, vim is not a viable solution.

What I'm looking for:

* Must be free. Preferably open-source, but gratis will suffice.

* Native Mac display, not X11. Java counts, as long as it behaves as a Mac application (menus go in the menu bar, not in the window, et cetera).

* Syntax highlighting for C, Java, Python, PHP/HTML, and CSS, at a minimum. Customizable highlighting better.

Preferable features, but not deal-breakers:

* Remote file access (SSH/SFTP).

* Subversion integration.

* Code folding.

Any suggestions?
[ Reply ]
  scite? by etwas_egal2007-03-04 04:03:13
    Not native. by Phoon2007-03-04 04:07:46
      GTK+ not ported? by etwas_egal2007-03-04 04:09:52
  TextWrangler by nuclearpotato2007-03-04 04:40:15
  jEdit? by darkphoenix2007-03-04 05:22:58
  Macromates TextMate by jbrickley2007-03-04 05:59:23
  TextEdit? Or is that just stupid? (n/t) by toysbfun2007-03-04 06:46:46
  Smultron!!! by dantheta2007-03-04 10:42:28

 

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