On Oct 3, 2004, at 9:46 AM, wren argetlahm wrote:
(SubEthaEdit since my copy of BBEdit is Classic and a
new one costs way to much for my budget).
If you want to write one because you think it'll be fun, okay.
But if you want to write one because you think you'll save money: suppose you earn about $40/hour. BBEdit upgrade costs about 60 bucks. Do you think it'll require more than one and a half hours of your time to write something better for your needs than BBEdit?
You assume he needs only one copy of BBEdit... Combining the Macs I have at home, and the ones I use at work is about 5 machines (not to mention the non-Mac computers I use.) I'm assuming I'd need licenses for each machine if I went with BBEdit, right? Instead I'm using an open-source editor on all machines and not spending $200 on licenses. Don't get me wrong, BBEdit is a great editor, but it doesn't fit my needs, which is a text editor that I can install on all of my computers, regardless of OS, for a reasonable price.
Pete
