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Redcar: Textmate-ish programmer’s editor for Gnome with bundles support

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Re: Redcar: Textmate-ish programmer’s editor for Gnome with bundles support

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Post by barredo »

sqs wrote: post #2

I know some Mac users who've said they would switch to Linux if there were a TextMate-like editor available. This could be it.

I am one of those, I stay in MacOSX because: MacOSX itself, Textmate, Transmit, Things and a other number of Apps that makes my work much easier.

Re: Redcar: Textmate-ish programmer’s editor for Gnome with bundles support

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Post by dhotson »

sqs wrote: post #2

I know some Mac users who've said they would switch to Linux if there were a TextMate-like editor available. This could be it.

I'd recommend jEdit.

It's my editing weapon of choice for OSX, Linux and Windows.

By default it's a bit plain, but the plugins available are fantastic: http://taat.pl/en/jedit/

Download it here: http://www.jedit.org/

Re: Redcar: Textmate-ish programmer’s editor for Gnome with bundles support

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Post by fendale »

sqs wrote: post #2

I know some Mac users who've said they would switch to Linux if there were a TextMate-like editor available. This could be it.

I don't get why people are building these fancy new editors - You can get both Emacs and Vim to behave Textmate like in many ways. They are both usable everywhere, including in a terminal.

No matter which editor you want to use, you have to learn it and it takes time. A few years back I decided between Emacs and Textmate and learned Emacs - the main reason was because I can still use it when I am forced into a terminal or Windows.

Re: Redcar: Textmate-ish programmer’s editor for Gnome with bundles support

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Post by peregrine »

fendale wrote: post #6
sqs wrote: post #2

I know some Mac users who've said they would switch to Linux if there were a TextMate-like editor available. This could be it.

I don't get why people are building these fancy new editors - You can get both Emacs and Vim to behave Textmate like in many ways. They are both usable everywhere, including in a terminal. No matter which editor you want to use, you have to learn it and it takes time. A few years back I decided between Emacs and Textmate and learned Emacs - the main reason was because I can still use it when I am forced into a termin…

Not everyone is a huge fan of re-learning how to type. Cause that's really how your doing it, with all the chording and such. Some of us are just used to typing in a box and hitting file->save to save.

People create new editors cause there is a need to fill.

Re: Redcar: Textmate-ish programmer’s editor for Gnome with bundles support

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Post by eli »

fendale wrote: post #6
sqs wrote: post #2

I know some Mac users who've said they would switch to Linux if there were a TextMate-like editor available. This could be it.

I don't get why people are building these fancy new editors - You can get both Emacs and Vim to behave Textmate like in many ways. They are both usable everywhere, including in a terminal. No matter which editor you want to use, you have to learn it and it takes time. A few years back I decided between Emacs and Textmate and learned Emacs - the main reason was because I can still use it when I am forced into a termin…

The fact that you listed two be-all end-all text editors suggests that neither of them is the perfect solution for everyone...

Re: Redcar: Textmate-ish programmer’s editor for Gnome with bundles support

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Post by est »

fendale wrote: post #6
sqs wrote: post #2

I know some Mac users who've said they would switch to Linux if there were a TextMate-like editor available. This could be it.

I don't get why people are building these fancy new editors - You can get both Emacs and Vim to behave Textmate like in many ways. They are both usable everywhere, including in a terminal. No matter which editor you want to use, you have to learn it and it takes time. A few years back I decided between Emacs and Textmate and learned Emacs - the main reason was because I can still use it when I am forced into a termin…

because marketing (more than technology) matters

Re: Redcar: Textmate-ish programmer’s editor for Gnome with bundles support

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Post by hypermatt »

I'm a big fan of textmate, probably my favorite utility on the mac. While things like this and e editor(windows) help, there is still a ton of nice apps only on the mac. As for the Vi and Emacs people, I rather not spend weeks customizing my text editor, I just want something that can color code out of the box and I can get work done.
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