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There are only 3 things I look back on fondly from Windows: MSPaint, Winamp, and Notepad++.
I come from a Windows background and recently switched to Mac at work. I'm a pretty heavy user of Notepad++ but so far all the good text editors I've found for Mac are shareware. What good free text editors do you recommend on Mac that have similar features, like syntax highlighting, auto-indent, and regular expression support?
Another in development is Kod ( http://kodapp.com/ ) that I've not used much yet. My daily editor now though is Sublime Text 2 (free to try out).
I live in the knowledge that I'm going to hell for not paying for that awesome piece of software!
Ahh Notepad++. My editor of choice when I first got into programming. After switching to Mac years ago, I have been using TextMate/Xcode/Emacs. There are only 3 things I look back on fondly from Windows: MSPaint, Winamp, and Notepad++.
I come from a Windows background and recently switched to Mac at work. I'm a pretty heavy user of Notepad++ but so far all the good text editors I've found for Mac are shareware. What good free text editors do you recommend on Mac that have similar features, like syntax highlighting, auto-indent, and regular expression support?
Just a note to let mark_up and chevas know that they've been hellbanned. I don't think you're trolls, so I thought I'd let you know (I can't respond to your posts directly).
Weird that a hackers forum has such little respect for those who wish to participate. Would have been nice to be notified, let alone given a reason.
"By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ is trying to reduce the world carbon dioxide emissions. When using less CPU power, the PC can throttle down and reduce power consumption, resulting in a greener environment."
Gotta love such bold goals from a text editor :)
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Mind elaborating on why?
The biggest reasons are being able to open projects and view all of the files in the project (and search through all of them) at a quick command. I really liked the themeing functions. Multiple OS compatibility (I regularly switch between macOS and Windows), so I needed a client that is used basically the same on both OS's. And one license is for all of the computers you use, and on all operating systems. The more I…
My other nitpicks with N++ are the lack of a "yes to all" on the change-detection dialog when you do a hg update, and the way gedit seems to do ctags so much nicer. Seems like low-hanging fruit, maybe i should try to get a patch in..
Still, hard to beat and easy to recommend. I use it every day (it bought me a car!).
Ahh Notepad++. My editor of choice when I first got into programming. After switching to Mac years ago, I have been using TextMate/Xcode/Emacs. There are only 3 things I look back on fondly from Windows: MSPaint, Winamp, and Notepad++.
Same here, though I also miss WinSCP.
I come from a Windows background and recently switched to Mac at work. I'm a pretty heavy user of Notepad++ but so far all the good text editors I've found for Mac are shareware. What good free text editors do you recommend on Mac that have similar features, like syntax highlighting, auto-indent, and regular expression support?
UltraEdit could do this. I always find it unfortunate Notepad++ can't.