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mulderc mulderc
 
M$1.25 August 02, 2009 07:31 AM

Open Source replacement for BBedit?

Wondering what type of open source replacements there are for BBedit. It is an amazing piece of software and i might actually buy it, but i would prefer to support open source software if there is a suitable replacement.
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daviddelon... daviddelon...
 
 August 03, 2009 02:13 AM
There are also the classic Unix text editors, vi and Emacs. There are implementations available for many different platforms. Aquamacs (http://aquamacs.org), a Mac OS X-native version, happens to be a favorite of mine. GNU Emacs is the dominant version of Emacs, and Vim is an enhanced open source vi clone.

These editors have steep learning curves, but if you spend a lot of time coding, the complexity is rewarded with some powerful abilities, like creating custom commands and scripts.

Another good editor on Mac OS X is Smultron (no longer maintained, sadly). It's a simple, lightweight editor that has some neat features like the ability to insert boilerplate code snippets, such as HTML templates.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs
http://aquamacs.org
http://www.vim.org
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
http://smultron.sourceforge.net



Tags: vi, smultron, emacs, editor

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vinayakg vinayakg
 
August 02, 2009 10:06 AM
  1. Notepad ++
  2. Textpad
  3. Notepad
Three of them are very good.I use notepad++ for editing php files. It supports a number of languages like java, php etc. Its really cool.
You can get notepad ++ here :
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
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http://getanswers.co.in


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robbrown robbrown
 
August 02, 2009 01:38 PM
+1 for notepad++

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garryvicto... garryvicto...
 
August 04, 2009 02:52 PM
I also use Notepad++ and JCreatorPro. For compilation I use the console.

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chriswinga... chriswinga...
 
August 06, 2009 02:00 PM
I recommend Editpad. It's a combination of notepad and wordpad.

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jamieridde... jamieridde...
 
August 02, 2009 10:30 AM
You could try NVU which is apparently equivalent to dreamweaver : http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15699 -
Source(s):
http://www.opensourcemac.org


Tags: osx, mac, html, editor

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bdegrande bdegrande
 
August 02, 2009 01:44 PM
I don't think it's open source, but BB Edit's little brother, Text Wrangler, is free and very powerful.

http://www.barebones.com/products/TextWrangler/

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mulderc mulderc
 
August 03, 2009 11:20 AM
I do like text wrangler, wish they would open source it

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baconfly baconfly
 
August 02, 2009 04:14 PM
I am a big fan of Emerald Editor
http://about.emeraldeditor.com/

It's open source, community developed, freeware, and available for Windows, Linux, & Mac OS X. Great for editing HTML, C/C++, Perl, Java and anything else that requires true plain text editing. Has a very small memory footprint. Also works cross-platform for opening documents on multiple network drives.

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mman mman
 
August 03, 2009 03:16 AM
Emacs. It takes a few minutes to learn haw it works. But once you have figured it out, it is the most productive editor out there. It has been used by programmers for over two decades.
Source(s):
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/


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zjmahalo zjmahalo
 
August 03, 2009 09:04 PM
Smultron is by far the best alternative to paying for a text editor. Paired with Cyberduck (FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Cloud Files & Amazon S3 Browser for Mac) it makes a great replacement. The two applications work great together.

Smultron http://sourceforge.net/projects/smultron/
Cyberduck http://cyberduck.ch/
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Smultron http://sourceforge.net/projects/smultron/
Cyberduck http://cyberduck.ch/


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bmosher bmosher
 
August 04, 2009 01:45 AM
Komodo Edit is a good open source text editor. Supports most languages and supports plugins. It's a stripped down (and free) version Active State's IDE. Runs on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.

http://www.activestate.com/komodo_edit/

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danielwell... danielwell...
 
August 04, 2009 03:35 AM
Depending on what you are looking for there are really quite a few options. You can use most of the Linux command line based text editors (vi, emacs, etc.). You could install X11 and get many of the X window based editors to install as well.

However if you are just wanting a great editor that installs easily and is very extensible, then Eclipse editor is a great choice(http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/).

Alternatively you could also run the popular Netbeans editor within Mac OS (http://www.netbeans.org/kb/articles/mac.html).

Both editors are great and if you move around between OS's a lot, then you will also be glad to know you can install them on just about anything that can run Java.
Source(s):
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
http://www.netbeans.org/kb/articles/mac.html


Tags: java, eclipse, bbedit, netbeans, macintosh

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