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best text editor for use on a mac ?

Jul 31, 2008 1:01PM PDT

I asked this over in the mac software forums but got no answer.

In the past... I have used MI 2.1.6 which is a free text editor but poorly documented and unsupported for a few years now . Looking around on the net, I found this article... http://mac360.com/index.php/mac360/comments/faceoff_which_is_the_best_text_editor_ever/ which advises about several different programs but I was also looking for some user advice.

I'm a beginner web developer, teaching myself. I know some of the basics but thought one way of learning more would be to look at the source code for different web pages I liked. View the source code, then copy and paste into an editor to make it easier to study how it is put together. MI will highlight tags if you tell it to, but as I said, the documentation on how to use it is not there so I thought to look for a better documented program.

Am I on the right track ? Any advice ? Any favorites that are easy to use ? Not looking to steal anyone's code. Just looking to learn.

Thanks in advance. Happy

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Uhh..
Aug 6, 2008 7:44AM PDT

Text-edit, maybe? I know that it is like the equivalent of notepad, and there are probably better options. Maybe try download.com?

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We are using Taco...
Aug 11, 2008 2:27AM PDT

I am currently using Taco to write up Html codes for my class. I also heard another notepad or editor by the name of: "bbedit"? I will google that if I were you.. I think it's for the Mac...

However, Taco works very well.

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(NT) Thanks all, for the reply
Aug 14, 2008 1:20AM PDT
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Another to consider
Aug 15, 2008 12:24PM PDT

I'm not certain how in-depth you're getting, so just another option for you: http://dejal.com/blogassist/

It's a system menu add-on for making HTML markup easier.

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Interesting, thanks
Aug 15, 2008 3:54PM PDT

I wonder if there is something similar for javascript and/or other stuff like css, xml. etc ?