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Poll: What Text Editor Do You Use?

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Re: Poll: What Text Editor Do You Use?

#24

I'm wondering why BBEdit is missing in this poll? It's one of the best Mac text editors. Rock solid with a great support and tons of powerful features right out of the box. Some users like apps that just work - you don't need to waist hours to customize, add plugins, tweak and turn.

BBEdit++

Re: Poll: What Text Editor Do You Use?

#26
I like Emacs. Enough to vote for both Emacs options :P.

With something like Evil, you can get most of the benefits of Vim combined with all the power of Emacs. I'm not a user myself, but it sounds awesome--I'm considering learning Vim commands just to take advantage of it.

The only downside is the learning curve. And I think there is a philosophical point to make here: for a tool you'll be using as much as your text editor, the learning curve should not really matter. Even if it takes you a while to get used to Emacs/Vim, the productivity benefit will more than pay for itself. I think optimizing for a shallow learning curve is simply focusing on the wrong thing and actively counter-productive.

If that's your only take-away from all this, I'll be content.

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