text-editor

TextMate - must-have Bundles and Plugins for web dev

Just curious what experienced Textmate users can't live without in the program. I just ran the trial and bought the program so I'm trying to get a sense of how others might setup their development environment for web development. Also, based on the fact that I just bought the program, I am going to guess that TM2 will come out next week...

Freeware HTML Editor for Mac similar to Taco HTML Edit

What is a good, free HTML editor for Mac with features similar to Taco HTML Edit (component library, preview, etc.). ...

open file directly

I created a text editor in C# and I use a special file extension for the XML file that my program uses. When I use "Open With..." from the Windows context menu, my program doesn't read the file and I get an error. How do I fix this? ...

text editor that works direct on a server? (aptana?)

Are there any good free text editors i can use directly on the server if i give it my ftp details? failing that one with a good save-to-ftp shortcut (ie ctrl-shift-s) I work with mainly php and jquery, my primary editor is aptana? ...

Mac text editor for Ruby on Rails

My text editor of choice for PHP work is Panic's Coda. But for Ruby on Rails, its autocomplete feature is continuously in my way and ROR's standardization on 2 space tabs does not play well with Coda's settings. I've been going back to TextMate for ROR work, but was wondering if there were better options. ...

Can Gobby/Sobby be used for collaborative edition for a team of developers ?

Hello, Gobby/Sobby is an open source client/server for collaborative edition of plain text file (source code). My question is 4-fold : Can you share any real-life usage of Gobby/Sobby for development among a group of physically separated developers ? Is the project mature enough as a productivity tool ? What are the working use cases...

Latex editor for windows that works with unicode

Hello, I need to write Hebrew text in Latex. I am currently working on Windows with TeXnicCenter. I was pretty happy with this tool, up until the time when I needed to write Hebrew text. My regular alt-shift just won't change the language (I even downloaded the last alpha version, which was supposed to solve the problem, but it didn't)....

AJAX based remote Online text editor

I'm looking to install an online text editor on my server, that I can link to svn. I would like to have some form of syntax highlighting, keyboard shortcuts, and perhaps some text complete. Languages, python, php, sql, and C++ are a minimum ... any suggestions? ...

Whitespace under the cursor in vim

I recently saw this demo. My question is: how is it possible in vim to show whitespace characters under the cursor as dots (in red for example). ...

How to make tree structured text editor in Qt/Pyqt?

Hi everyone, can you advice what to use for making tree structured text editor? I used QTreeView for this (asked few questions to solve my problems), but it seams it's not suitable for this purpose. Thanks in advance, Serge ...

What text editors support vertical rulers?

I'm looking for a feature somewhat like the vertical red 80 columns marker in NetBeans but one that's easier to use. I'd like it to function more like the tabs in MS Word except that the horizontal line is displayed on the entire file. I looked on the Comparison of Text Editors over at Wikipedia and I didn't find that "vertical ruler" ...

Hotkey to preview in browser in second monitor while still keeping focus in editor?

I use two monitors. The second one has a browser open. I use Visual studio in the first monitor and making edits to the web page. Would love to press a key and instantly see the change in the browser. Basically doing a refresh in the browser behind the scene and still keep window focus in the editor. Instead of keep switching to the br...

Free lightweight XML text editor to include with an application

Our application uses a XML configuation file. I thought that it would be nice to distribute some XML editor with our application, so that the user can conveniently edit the config file. Features should be: Small and lightweight (ideally, a small .exe that does not require installation), free, with license terms that permit distributing...

Text editing best practices (with tags, etc.)

Hi there, I want to create a text field with some text, that is styled with tags. Think of MS Word, some ext is bold, some is a headline, etc. The tags that style the text are not visible to the user, he just sees the text in bold. How do I preserve these tags? I mean when I backspace over the closing bold-tag, for example, how do I pr...

Fast, Unicode-capable, cross-platform programmer's text editor that shows invisibles like ZWSP?

Our publishing workflow includes Windows and Linux machines (there are some Macs too, but not in the critical-path workflow). Many texts include both English and Khmer and are marked-up in XML. XML Copy Editor is the best cross-platform open-source XML editor I've discovered. It utilizes the Scintilla editing component, which is general...

Unset core.editor in Msysgit

I set my editor per an SO entry: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/780425/how-do-i-setup-diffmerge-with-msysgit-gitk. I'm wondering how to undo this because I want to switch back to the default editing program. ...

text editor for jquery ,dojo,mootools

I need a text editor that supports cross platform JavaScript languages such as jQuery or MooTools. I do not mean a rich text editor. I'm looking for an "intellisense" text editor to develop in those languages. ...

Drag drop open file in Macvim split window?

Hello. I like to use the split window feature in Vim. However I cannot seem to drag drop new files into the different sections. Doing so will just open a new tab. I don't like using tabs as I still need to flick between them and not much different to using separate windows. Is there anyway I can change this behaviour? It works fine o...

Google App Engine - Document Editor Creation/Tap Into Google Docs?

What is the best way to create a custom document editor in GAE? I'm making a website meant for a School Robotics Club (With support for any other organization - DRY). We currently use Google services for online collaboration, I'm wondering if there is a way to tap into Google Docs and allow users to edit a Google Document without using ...

Community Wiki: "Vim: Advanced usage of the yanking mechanism".

Community Wiki As the documentation of the yank system shows (thanks Michal), The Vim yank system seems to be more intricate then a standard clipboard. I therefore think it beneficial if vim veterans could perhaps show us some different styles of making use of this mechanism. particularly with the usage of vim for complicated projects w...