Textadept: fast, minimalist, and Lua-extensible cross-platform text editor

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Post by amarsahinovic » Sun, Nov 18, 2012, 1:29 PM UTC

Textadept: fast, minimalist, and Lua-extensible cross-platform text editor
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Re: Textadept: fast, minimalist, and Lua-extensible cross-platform text editor

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Post by anonymouz » Sun, Nov 18, 2012, 1:51 PM UTC

> Unparalleled extensibility.

A bold claim to make when your competition includes Vim and Emacs.

Is there some kind of feature comparison somewhere? Or any particular highlights? The feature list is a nice start, but basically what I would expect of any decent editor anyway (except for code completion).

Re: Textadept: fast, minimalist, and Lua-extensible cross-platform text editor

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Post by dysoco » Sun, Nov 18, 2012, 2:02 PM UTC

Looks interesting, does it support TTY mode? I might try it.

Re: Textadept: fast, minimalist, and Lua-extensible cross-platform text editor

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Post by marcusramberg » Sun, Nov 18, 2012, 2:02 PM UTC

Have you seen the scroll bars on this thing? Or the Icon? No way I'm using this on OSX...

Re: Textadept: fast, minimalist, and Lua-extensible cross-platform text editor

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Post by farmdawgnation » Sun, Nov 18, 2012, 2:08 PM UTC

marcusramberg wrote: post #4

Have you seen the scroll bars on this thing? Or the Icon? No way I'm using this on OSX...

Agreed. Whoever suggested this thing is a good fit for OS X should be harpooned by the ghost of Steve Jobs.

Re: Textadept: fast, minimalist, and Lua-extensible cross-platform text editor

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Nov 18, 2012, 2:08 PM UTC

marcusramberg wrote: post #4

Have you seen the scroll bars on this thing? Or the Icon? No way I'm using this on OSX...

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Re: Textadept: fast, minimalist, and Lua-extensible cross-platform text editor

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Post by Breakthrough » Sun, Nov 18, 2012, 2:12 PM UTC

anonymouz wrote: post #2

> Unparalleled extensibility. A bold claim to make when your competition includes Vim and Emacs. Is there some kind of feature comparison somewhere? Or any particular highlights? The feature list is a nice start, but basically what I would expect of any decent editor anyway (except for code completion).

Don't forget about Notepad++ (Windows only though) and Sublime Text (best text rendering I've seen yet), which I'd argue are also valid comparisons - yes, even to Vim/Emacs.

That being said, I did have a quick look through the Textadept manual, and there are quite indeed a few useful and unique features... Whether or not this indicates "unparalled" extensibility though, is another matter all together.

Re: Textadept: fast, minimalist, and Lua-extensible cross-platform text editor

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Post by dotmanish » Sun, Nov 18, 2012, 2:16 PM UTC

Suggestion about the website: Please include a separate section called "Screenshots". A lot of people directly click there to get a feel of the software before they download.

Re: Textadept: fast, minimalist, and Lua-extensible cross-platform text editor

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Post by leke » Sun, Nov 18, 2012, 2:17 PM UTC

Just tried the Linux version and I like it! If the Windows version is portable, I'll carry it around on my USB stick.

Re: Textadept: fast, minimalist, and Lua-extensible cross-platform text editor

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Post by majke » Sun, Nov 18, 2012, 2:18 PM UTC

And a youtube video showing Textadept with some third party plugin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSAinGsc7dA