Overview of Text Editors for Programming on the Mac

Re:Overview of Text Editors for Programming on the Mac by dramaticus3 on Sunday October 02, 2011 @11:40AM (#3063078)

1) install plan9port

2) use Acme

3) program !!!???

4) profit

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Re:Overview of Text Editors for Programming on the Mac by slaughterhaus on Sunday October 02, 2011 @03:29PM (#3063743)

does RoR run on plan9? I mean if it doesnt, then what am i supposed to do for step 3?

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Re:Overview of Text Editors for Programming on the Mac by mhd on Sunday October 02, 2011 @03:39PM (#3063782)

He suggested installing plan9port[1], which "just" ports some user land libraries and applications to different Unices, including OS X. So we're talking about native OS X executables here.

There's also the "Acme Stand Alone Complex"[2], which - if I remember correctly - is a "virtual" Inferno OS applet which includes the Acme application.

I'm not exactly agreeing that piping is the end-all, be-all of editor extensibility, but it's certainly worth giving it a try.

[1]: http://swtch.com/plan9port/

[2]: http://www.caerwyn.com/acme/

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Re:Overview of Text Editors for Programming on the Mac by dramaticus3 on Sunday October 02, 2011 @06:06PM (#3064185)

There's so much more to Acme than piping. Actions based on regex matching via the plumber for a start. Menus you can type / keep in a text file anywhere you like. No stupid colour syntax highlighting or pointless fancy shit.

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Re:Overview of Text Editors for Programming on the Mac by dramaticus3 on Sunday October 02, 2011 @06:07PM (#3064186)

Fortunately not.

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