Linux text editor = or > BBEdit

mascarasnake yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Thu Jun 3 19:34:01 2004


Hey there, Christopher Brown,

You might want to try pepper, but it ain't free, in $$ or code. The only 
other thing I can think of is screem - available at freshrpms

Christopher Brown wrote:
> I'm in search of a BBEdit replacement.
> 
> One of my main reasons for staying with the cult that is Mac for so long 
> has been BBEdit. I have found that particular program to be the best 
> program for it's purpose and for purposes it was never intended for, 
> moreso than any other program I have ever used. I would even go so far 
> as to say that that one piece of software is better than any Mac 
> application written and is greater than the value of the hardware it 
> runs on.
> 
> Having said that. What does the PPC Linux world offer that is close to
> BBEdit? I'm giving Linux a fair shot at becoming my main OS. So far
> almost every app that I needed in OSX I have found suitable replacements
> for (THANK YOU MATTHIAS SAOU !!!) Basically I want color coded text,
> massive search and replace with or without grep, smart application that
> recognizes different coding languages (html, pearl, c, java, etc.) and
> can deal with them like BBEdit can. The GUI is important here too. The 
> least of it's shining acheivements is it's easy to use, unobtrusive GUI.
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> Christopher Brown
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