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10 Best Text Editors For Mac (2015)

August 19, 2016September 20, 2016 sobrien $EDITOR, Mac OS X

Good list of popular Mac text editors here!

In this article, we bring you our top picks of 10 best text editors for Mac OS X (free and paid), all of which double as truly powerful code editor as well.

Source: 10 Best Text Editors For Mac (2015)

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up-to-date emacs in os x

August 11, 2016August 11, 2016 sobrien $EDITOR, bash, emacs, Mac OS X, MacPorts

Emacs on OS X El Cap is version 22. MacPorts version is 24.

$ sudo port install emacs

then

$ cd ~
$ emacs .bash_profile

paste in:
# Use the up-to-date MacPorts emacs
alias emacs='/opt/local/bin/emacs'
# For our chording coding friends
export EDITOR=/opt/local/bin/emacs

you’re done. Consider portsUpdate to keep it up-to-date daily.

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up-to-date vim in os x

August 11, 2016August 11, 2016 sobrien $EDITOR, bash, Mac OS X, MacPorts, vim

MacPorts current vim is 7.4 and the version shipping with El Capitan is 7.3.

So…

$ sudo port install vim

then

$ cd ~
$ vim .bash_profile

paste in:
# Use the up-to-date MacPorts vim
alias='/opt/local/bin/vim'
# Life is good, so is vi
export EDITOR=/opt/local/bin/vim

you’re done. Consider portsUpdate to keep it up-to-date daily.

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