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I just recently switched from Windows and I must say that as much as I'm satisfied with the whole OS, I'm disappointed by the text editors so far (I've tried TextMate and BBEdit). So I figured I would check specifically into open source editors.
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I'm currently checking out MacVim, but are there any other good, maintained text editors for OS X?
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There is Aquamacs that is a version of Emacs that has been customised to be more OSX like.
Apple supplies the source for TextEdit as an example with Xcode.
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MarkMarkemacs for osx is by far my favorite.
But it depends a lot on what you edit. Netbeans and eclipse are both IDEs but have nice support for many kinds of files. Maybe also LibreOffice is worth checking out.
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One of my favorite is a free one (where you can also donate for a fuller version) and it is also a beautifully designed/ distraction free editor: OmmWriter.
However the best thing possible if you are looking for something with the most functionality and the best compatibility cross-platform would be NeoOffice.
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It's not as functional as the version for Linux, but it is open source.Also, it tends to crash a lot in lion...
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This is the latest version of smultron which is open source. This version does not work on Lion!
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The newer version of smultron is sold via the App Store and proprietary. Smultron 4 does work in lion.
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