Yikes! I didn't know you'd have to _PAY_ for it. Most of the Rubyists I know run OS X, and Sublime Text (also $70, http://www.sublimetext.com/) was all the rage a few years ago, but I think a new version jumped the shark...
The Rubyists use a packaging system, I can't remember if it's "homebrew" "ports" or "fink" or something new, to install and manage the full *nix tool chains and utilities on OS X. I'm a big fan of Vim, which has a graphical version, gViM, but that's more of a religion than a text editor. It has every feature known to man (or almost in emacs!) but a bit of a learning curve. Once you get it, you'll find there's really powerful stuff you can do, but that can take a while. There are library of add-ons, too: color-coding, file management, global searching, etc. but everything is controlled through pretty obscure key combinations. Tune it up with a nice font (Adobe Source Code Pro for me) and a good colorscheme (Solarized Dark ftw!) and you're off to the races! On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Dan Covill <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the info, Ted > > I get the impression it started in the Linux world, and has more > recently been ported to Windows. > > Thinking about trying it, but it's only on the Apple Store which has > no trial period, and $41.99 is a bit much to see if you can use it. > > I do WAY more creating .txt note files than I do programming in my text > editor, although I do maintain an HTML website. So my use would depend > on setting it up as a fixed-font text editor. > > Will think about and maybe try it later this week. > Thanks again for the info. > > Dan > >> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:41:02 -0400 >> Subject: Re: [NF] Why Windows 10 Sucks.. >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> >> Notepad ++ is the Windows version of SciTE, the Scintilla Text Editor. >> Scintilla was intended to be a cross-platform GUI library like GTK or >> WXWidgets, but I don't think it has a big following. SciTE is >> available for OS X as well: >> >> http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html >> >> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Dan Covill <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Looks pretty professional. Does it have any special provisions for CSV >> > files? >> > >> > I’ve used EditPad Pro for many years now, and have been very satisfied. I >> > just wish they >> > had one that would run on Mac - haven’t found a good general purpose text >> > editor on Mac >> > yet. >> > >> > Dan >> > >> >> On Sep 14, 2015, at 10:43 AM, Stephen Russell <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> NotePad ++ is the proper cost and pretty good as well. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Stephen Russell >> >> Sr. Analyst >> >> Ring Container Technology >> >> Oakland TN >> >> >> >> 901.246-0159 cell >> >> >> >> >> > >> > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4utRaHU_bOdnQuYZyEb=yu9h++gtusprvdwaks9la8...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
