Wow, what an exciting entry I’m writing for you guys today. That’s right; I’ve switched my text editor. I know that some people out there are what I like to call “text sluts,” but I’ve been fairly true to my BBEdit. It has been my standard for years, even with its blemishes.

The difficulty in getting line numbers has constantly made debugging painful, and don’t even get me started on the lack of tabs. I could write an entire entry on how every application needs tabs, but I digress.

Regardless for those complaints, every time I’ve tried a new application, I find myself missing BBEdit. Maybe it comes from my old Emacs days, a desire to cause myself pain, or just fear of change, but nothing has been able to tear me away. Until now.

Smultron has quickly eased any fears I have had from moving away from BBEdit. I couldn’t have found a text editor that just “feels” right any more. If you are a Mac web developer, download it and give it a shot. It’s open source, but only works on Mac OS 10.4.5 or later. If you can run it, you will love it.

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