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Join Date: Mar 2000
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Which (freeware or shareware) text editor for MacOS X should I use to write my PHP pages ?
(with a "highlight syntax" option if possible)
What apps (other than GoLive) do you use for webdesigning under OS X ?
Thanks 
noliv..
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BBEdit is good, and the lite version is free.
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I always use protection when fscking my Mac... Do you?
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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I don't think that BBEdit lite has syntax coloring. I could be wrong, but I think that's only in the purchase version. There are several other good ones out there like pepper and jedit. I haven't used either one since bbedit went to x, but they have a following. Also, there are many free unix utilities that we get essentially for free since we now have unix under the hood. xemacs is sworn by by many people. I'm also looking at one called bluefish that I just installed. As for WYSIWYG editors for php, I don't think we going to get one for a while.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Marietta, GA, USA
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Pepper is good. I used to like jEdit, but it was too slow, so I switched to Pepper.
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Scott Genevish
scott AT genevish DOT org
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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Originally posted by genevish:
<STRONG> Pepper is good. I used to like jEdit, but it was too slow, so I switched to Pepper.</STRONG>
I haven't used jEdit since the public beta, so I don't know how it's progressed. I'd imagine that it gained a significant speed boost since the Java 1.3.1 update. Have you used it since then? Just curious.
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Join Date: Oct 1999
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Even more Free is TextEdit Provided with OS X. How much more Free do you want? 
I would agree BBEdit Lite is cool.
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"Evil is Powerless If the Good are Unafraid." -Ronald Reagan
Apple and Intel, the dawning of a NEW era.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Jan 2001
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Even without syntax coloring BBEdit Lite reigns supreme!
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: New York, NY
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what about emacs?
it can be color coded and can recognize the extension on your file (.php, .cxx, etc)
best of all, just fire up a terminal, maximize it and type 'emacs' and you are all set.
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2001
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I'll vote for Pepper. I haven't had many problems with it. BBEdit is nice, but often seems a bit overrated. Emacs and vi are very handy, but I don't think that they are what you are looking for. Do they have Gvim for Mac OSX ? That might work for you. I wish someone would port TextPad or Ultra to Mac OSX. You may also want to check out Alpha when it becomes stable on Mac OSX. It can be a powerful editor.
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