A software program that provides tools for writing computer programming code, as opposed to the word processor, which is designed to facilitate writing prose and displaying typography.
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Can anyone recommend a programmers' editor?
I'm looking for a programmers' editor. I know Xcode and I use it for application programming but I'm looking for something that will:
Syntax highlight PHP, SQL, Javascript (including jQuery) and CSS ...
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Looking for the ultimate IDE for Mac
I am a little disenchanted with development on the Mac right now. I need a single IDE that can handle all of my development needs. I did notice there are other questions on this topic already, but ...
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What's the best text editor for use with large files?
What are your recommendation for opening large text files on OS X? I found both BBEdit and Textmate to be struggling in this department.
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Is there a free, lightweight text editor that isn't text-only but also isn't a heavyweight IDE?
I'm not really satisfied with the text-editors available for Mac OS X.
I tried TextWrangler, Smultron, Coda, SubEthaEdit, TextMate and others I do not remember. But none of the above satisfied my ...
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Which text editors take advantage of Lion's Versions feature?
I've been a fervent user of Textmate for many a year, and I hope to continue to be one. However, the versions feature of OSX seems like a great and easy to use idea.
I'm mostly doing HTML, CSS and ...
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How does Mountain Lion set the default text editor for the “open -t” terminal command?
OSX seem to offer open -t command line shortcut to open arbitrary files in the system default text editor.
Where is this default text editor set?
Can I change it from the command line (if possible) ...
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bind application to file of particular names(rather than suffix)
I want to open all makefiles with TextWrangler. But since makefiles have no suffix so binding a type of file to TextWrangler does not work.
How can I tell Mac to open any file named Makefile with ...
