Best Text Editors for a MAC

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exiled_hammer's picture

Hi All,

In the process of migrating from PC Windows to Mac Snow Leopard. In the past have used Scite as my Text Editor but since I am starting afresh thought I would try something new.

Would welcome suggestions.

Cheers

John

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I recommend any of these

onejam's picture

I recommend any of these 3:

BBEidt or TextWrangler - http://www.barebones.com/
Textmate - http://macromates.com/
Coda - http://www.panic.com/coda/

Textmate is the one i use.

If you're doing PHP developmet, i recommend Komodo - http://www.activestate.com/komodo/

I use Smultron but it's a bit

joachim's picture

I use Smultron but it's a bit buggy on Snow Leopard.

Thanks for the

exiled_hammer's picture

Thanks for the suggestions

@duvien Quite like Komodo, are you suggesting the IDE or Edit for PHP development?

@joachim Will keep an eye on releases

@exiled_hammer Komodo is an

onejam's picture

@exiled_hammer Komodo is an IDE for web development (not just PHP). I don't think Smultron is supported anymore?

Yeah; Smultron has halted

joachim's picture

Yeah; Smultron has halted development, which is a real shame as it was the only one I found I could get one with. It works on 10.6 with the odd hiccup (like you open a file and nothing happens).

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