Text Editor for OS X and UNIX Mac Links
Once you start with UNIX on Mac you begin, the need for a text editor for Mac. The bash shell together with a good text editor and you are on your way with UNIX on the Mac.
We just wanted a link for what we think is the best text editor for Mac. He called Smultron
http://smultron.sourceforge.net
Here is a screenshot of them below. When has a number of advanced features on the text editor that ships with standard OS X. There are:
- Multi file management
- Coloring of the text for enhanced readability
- Statistics at the bottom of the application window
- The ability to set certain text as comment
- A host of advanced text editing and management features
The sample file here, SQL, for which it is equally easy to manage. It provides far more capabilities then the toad editor (also a great tool, but the SQL editor is simply not in the same ballpark).
TextMate
This is a very powerful text editor. Actually, to call it a text editor is an understatement. TextMate’s includes a database of text libraries and rules called “bundles.” This allows the user to tell TextMate what it is writing in and for TextMate to color the text correctly and help in formatting it. Like Smultron, it can be integrated with the BASH shell.
We do not have the time or inclination to describe TextMate too fully, however, if you fell a bit limited by your current text editor and need something very sophisticated, TextMate is a clear choice.
Also some good books for learning UNIX on Mac are:
http://www.amazon.com/Unix-Mac-OS-10-4-Tiger/dp/0321246683/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209735438&sr=1-4
http://www.amazon.com/Mac-OS-Command-Line-Under/dp/0782143547/ref=pd_sim_b_img_1
Great Mac UNIX websites are:
http://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/22/macforunix.html
http://xanana.ucsc.edu/~wgscott/xtal/wiki/index.php/Unix_and_OS_X:_The_Absolute_Essentials