I'm reading this thread and am, again, surprised by the fact of people changing editors willy nilly. I have customized my bbedit experience endlessly. I have text filters, dynamic snippets, script elements, 'text factory's and a zillion project files (I often have two or three for one project so I can open the configuration or the UI or the back end separately.
I can't imagine choosing to give up those decades of custom features I've built into my workflow. Nor can I figure out how I would work the practicalities. I would say that it is literally impossible for me to change editors at this point.
And, I consider this all to be a tribute to bbedit's flexibility, speed, and solid, hard core reliability. I love that program. If they offered a paid release every year, I would ante up happily.
I'm reading this thread and am, again, surprised by the fact of people changing editors willy nilly.
Based on reading discussions on HN over the last decade or so, it seems that a lot of people on HN don't choose editors because it's the best tool for the job, but because of the same factors that affect the fashion world: Flash, style, color, trend, posturing, and peer pressure.
I've banged out code on everything from a green-screen Wyse terminal to Panic's Nova, and there's nothing better for reducing productivity than changing and reconfiguring your tools in the middle of a project.
I can't imagine choosing to give up those decades of custom features I've built into my workflow. Nor can I figure out how I would work the practicalities. I would say that it is literally impossible for me to change editors at this point.
And, I consider this all to be a tribute to bbedit's flexibility, speed, and solid, hard core reliability. I love that program. If they offered a paid release every year, I would ante up happily.