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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Dashboard Widget for persistently editing a file

Is there a dashboard widget that one can use to persistently edit a text file? For example, suppose I want to have my changelog open all the time in a Git repository. Many thanks.
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Why does my mouse cursor stick as the default arrow instead of a text selector?

I use NetBeans, and when I activate other applications or windows then return to NetBeans, the cursor no longer changes to the text selection cursor, but instead it remains as the default mouse icon. ...
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Prevent TextEdit from opening for unknown file types that are plain text

TextEdit is used by the system so it can't be removed, but I have another text editor I use and it causes confusion when text files that don't have a suffix or don't have a suffix which I've already ...
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Mask editing for Pages

When trying to edit the mask, I am stuck with this blue dot that only rounds the corners of the mask and I can't get rid of it. How do I go about editing the mask borders?
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Delete key does not work in TextEdit

When I select a piece of text on TextEdit and try to delete it using the delete key the piece of text does not get deleted. But, if I tap my trackpad after hitting the delete key, it does. I've tried ...
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How do I disable the OS X scrollbar when scrolling in Sublime Text 2 (Mountain Lion)?

The OS X default scrollbar obviously defeats the purpose of Sublime Text 2's minimap (which is a scrollbar by itself). So I want it to not show up when scrolling. I believe I've been able to do ...
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Chocolat: How to see Build or Run output for C/C++/ObjC?

My Setup: Chocolat v1.2 OS X 10.7.4 I'm using Chocolat to write C/C++/ObjC code. I have saved the file I am working on with the appropriate file extension (e.g. .c, .m, etc) such that Chocolat ...
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Syntax underlining not working in Sublime Text 2

I'm using Sublime Text 2 build 2217 on OSX 10.8.2. Everything else works great, except I can't get underlining to work. Here's an example from my theme file: <dict> ...
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Is there any hotkey to delete file or catalog in phpStorm editor?

I have OS X Lion and phpStorm editor. I don't like to remove files using mouse. Is there any hotkey to do it?
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Find multi-line block using grep and/or automator with BBEdit

I have an xml file output from WordPress. I have BBEdit as my main search tool. I am on a Mac running 10.7.4 I am trying to find a muli-line block of text that starts with <item> and end with ...
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Textmate 2: how do I style HTML class attribute names?

My Goal/Question In Textmate 2, how do I style the appearance of class attribute names within HTML elements? E.g. <div class="value">…</div> (value being the target for styling.) ...