Mac os x; fast text editor for RTF format with colors and change background

Question

Hi,

I am llokig, for programming, a simple text editor, but wiuth the following requirements:

1- must be ultrafast to start 2- can use RTF format or some other else so I can color text easily, with a pane on screen where i select colors 3- it is possible to easily change the bacjground color

thanks

Answer 1

TextMate? I don't use it myself (it's not free) and I'm not sure about the "ultra fast" startup time, but I believe that it can work with RTF. http://macromates.com/