From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-02-14T09:26:27+09:00
Subject: Re: (OT) Programmer's editors for the Mac

On Feb 13, 2005, at 6:02 PM, Timothy Hunter wrote:

> Just got a new Powerbook, so I'm looking for suggestions for a good 
> programmer's editor for both Ruby and C. I already know vi. I'm 
> looking for a GUI-type editor.

I've used BBEdit for many years now.  It's a very polished very 
Mac-style editor, but the price is steep:

http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.shtml

Recently, I am playing with TextMate as well.  The price is much 
friendlier and many of its automation features are very impressive.  
It's young, which I would say is a blessing and a curse.  One the plus 
side, it's under heavy development and you can literally see the 
changes weekly.  On the downside, it's still a little rough around some 
edges:

http://macromates.com/

I suggest trying the demos.

Hope that helps.

James Edward Gray II