For years I've been using Homesite on a PC, which was a great text editor. Now I've switched to Mac and all the text editors I find pale in comparison, despite the fact that Homesite hasn't been updated in years. Help me find one that I'll like. [more inside]
posted by lsemel on Nov 19, 2009 - 20 answers

vi / vim editor: Can I paste text inside a colon command? [more inside]
posted by alb on Oct 21, 2008 - 6 answers

What is the best tool for doing subdocuments? [more inside]
posted by kellyrickert on May 29, 2008 - 10 answers

vi cheat sheet, A4/letter sized, very dense, plus the odd cartoon? Rings any bells? [more inside]
posted by Leon on Aug 1, 2007 - 9 answers

Help me find a particular vi quick reference card/picture. [more inside]
posted by kuperman on Feb 9, 2007 - 4 answers

I like to code my PHP scripts on my Windows machine in TextPad, then upload them to the server to test/debug them. But constantly FTPing files while debugging is the pits. What's the answer? Install PHP locally? Break down and learn to use vi? What's a programmer to do? What would you do?
posted by vraxoin on Jun 22, 2004 - 31 answers

Emacs or Vi ...or pico? Throw down, people. I'm moving myself to more command-line stuff, and I'm trying to pick an editor. For reference, most of the folks I know say Vi is evil. [more inside]
posted by leotrotsky on Jun 16, 2004 - 40 answers