up vote 1 down vote favorite
2
share [g+] share [fb]

I'm looking for an equivalent to Notepad2 for OS X. I already use TextMate for heavy projects, but want something that can load quickly and essentially replace TextEdit.

EDIT: To clarify, I'm looking for something the students in a class I'm going to teach can use to write simple scripts for Maya and automating their workflow. They won't buy licenses for TextMate or any other editor.

VIM is out of the question since these students are NOT developers and won't have the patience to learn the command set; I know I don't.

link|improve this question
4  
If your TextMate takes a long time to load, there's something weird going on. Mine takes less than a second to boot. – ceejayoz Jul 5 '10 at 16:04
2  
Agree with @ceejayoz. I have "replaced" TextEdit with TextMate already. If you already use TextMate, what is stopping you from using it for quick editing? – ghoppe Jul 5 '10 at 17:14
TextMate isn't free. – Mk12 Aug 20 '10 at 18:13
feedback

4 Answers

up vote 2 down vote

TextWrangler maybe? I'd consider it a good replacement for TextEdit.

link|improve this answer
TW is slower then TextMate and is a poor replacement for TextEdit. – Josh K Jul 5 '10 at 16:59
2  
In your opinion. I've never had a problem with it, I consider it better than TextEdit, although you don't really need it with TextMate. – Mk12 Jul 5 '10 at 17:12
feedback
up vote 1 down vote

TextMate is fast. I've never had mine take more then two seconds to load, and when it did that's because I issued a mate . command in a folder with about 15k files in it (total, including subfolders).

If you really want something different, I would recommend VIM instead of a visual editor. Learn something new.

Already mentioned we have TextWrangler (bad substitute for TextEdit and slower then TM), Smultron (no longer being developed, poor replacement for anything, and SubEthaEdit (bad syntax highlighting among other things, cool one feature does not make a good editor).

link|improve this answer
feedback
up vote 1 down vote

Fraise is a good lightweight text editor for OSX with syntax highlighting and it is free.

link|improve this answer
feedback
up vote 0 down vote

For fast opening and such check out:

link|improve this answer
TW is slower then TextMate and is a poor replacement for TextEdit. – Josh K Jul 5 '10 at 16:59
@Josh K: In my experience TW is faster than TextMate starting up and editing about the same. That said I'll never give up TextMate. – Chealion Jul 6 '10 at 2:31
@Josh K: As followup, TextMate is super speedy until your preference file has bloated over several years. I've always found SubEthaEdit speedy at opening a file but it's fallen behind a lot in recent years. – Chealion Jul 6 '10 at 3:19
feedback

Your Answer

 
or
required, but never shown
discard

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.