Gerald Wilson wrote:
Agreed. There are various fine and usable programs which can run on OS
X, varying from free, thru cheap to pricey (as in BBEdit). At a pinch,
you can even run some older editors on Classic (if you have Classic).
It still doesn't negate my original gripe. OS X ships without a simple
graphical text editor capable of openly understanding the difference
between Mac and UNIX text-files. Sure I can delve into vi, vim, pico,
emacs or <insert VT editor of choice> but TextEdit is staring me in the
face. Sure I can install the full Developer Kit, but I don't actually
need to write Cocoa apps, just to edit some UNIX text files. To rub it
in, Apple provides instructions on how to use TextEdit for code and
config files which turn out to be horse-shit. I carefully follow these
instructions to set up my basic BIND config:
I must be missing something, I use textedit to write code when I'm in a
hurry without problems. It's not a programmer's editor with syntax
highlighting etc. but the compiler doesn't complain (unless it should) -
--
Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>
Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html>
Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html>
--> AOL users, remove "mailto:";
Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]>
To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/>
iPod Accessories for Less
at 1-800-iPOD.COM
Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal
www.1800ipod.com
