I've had a BBEdit license since 2000 -- always buy the paid upgrades too, as they're always worth it.
About 18 months ago, I became enamored with MacVim and used it on a daily basis. Using it with the NERD Tree plugin makes MacVim a powerful, general purpose project editor. BUT ... I always find myself going back to BBEdit for a growing number of "intense" tasks and a couple of days ago I finally decided that I'm just generally better off (that is, I'll tend toward greater overall efficiency) using BBEdit 99% of the time. I'll miss some of the keybindings but there are really two features of vim that I'd love to see in BBEdit. *1.* Vertical split for document windows. Vertically splitting a text document and having two views of it side-by-side just feels more natural than splitting horizontally. In some of the complex programs I'm writing this comes up a lot, i.e. when I need to look back at helper functions while I'm composing another function that depends on them, and vice versa. Given the geometry of most computer screens (width greater than height), such arrangements are also more space efficient. *2.* Allowing separate documents to be viewed within the split panes of a document window, i.e. when doing project work. Yes, I know I can open a document in a separate window and then move it off to the side or "Arrange" windows (relevant to request #1 also), but that's a bit more clumsy. To the BBEdit team: thanks for such a great product that's only improved over the years. I look forward 10 years from now to using BBEdit version 16.4.2 or something like that. :-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
