[Catalyst] IDE/editor

[Max Afonov]

Christopher H. Laco wrote:
> I'm really really picky about my editors. I've used Textpad on Windows
> forever, and recently SCite. What I look for in an editor is that the
> toolbar is slim, but I have a lot of options under hood.
>   
[snip]
> Eclipse was always slow for me.. compared to
> Textpad/Scite.
>   
And this is exactly why I still use vim as my primary editor. It goes 
well with my cowboy-style coding practices. It runs everywhere. It works 
over slow and/or unreliable links (Pocket PC and bluetooth/GPRS, 
anyone?). And so much more. However...
> Back when I owned a working mac (91-96), I was BBEdit all the way.
> And when I get my next Mac, I'm sure I'll be all about TextMate.
>   
...TextMate is a great application that is very much in keeping with 
core Mac UI guidelines. I tried using it for a few projects, and I have 
to say that it's excellent. But here's what I don't like about TextMate: 
it's not free. Not meaning to sound cheap and nitpicking, but how can a 
tool that's trying to cater to open source developers not be free?

*stopped rant, prepared to be flamed*
> -=Chris
>
>   

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