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I need a text editor
Geuis | Jul 20 2007
I just moved back to Mac from administering Windows systems for years. Last time I had my beloved Mac was MacOS 8.5, so things have changed a bit since then. I work with text every day doing coding. When I was on Windows, I fell in love with Textpad. Extremely powerful, easy to use. Just works exactly the way I want. Now I'm on Mac again, and every single text editor I've tried has some deficiency in design that just irks me. I've now tried Textmate, SubEthaEdit, Simpletext, Textedit, and Textwrangler. I was particularly disappointed by TW, being a BBEdit product, which was always very good. For example, if I bring up the Find dialog box, I lose access to copying any other text from the main window. WHY????? I even got Textpad working via Crossover, but its got wierd bugs that come from being emulated via Wine, plus its not fully integrated. I just want a text editor that does what Textpad does. I just need something that works logically and powerfully, and doesn't have usage quirks that only persist because of some snarky Mac programmer who thinks his special way of handling a common find/replace function is the best in the world. Anyone have some recommendations? 5 Comments
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 Feel your pain. Run through...Submitted by noodle on July 21, 2007 - 8:25pm.
Feel your pain. Run through a number of text editors myself. Unfamiliar with TextPad. What did you like about it? (That might help us suggest alternatives.) I use Tex-Edit. And TextEdit. And Smultron. And some of the ones you mentioned... I use different text editors for different jobs. I wish I had a decent one-size-fits-all or even a one-size-fits-most, but I haven't found one yet. » POSTED IN:
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