12/30/2023 0 Comments Bbedit windows![]() It’s great and now by BBEdit windows are all pretty again, even when I’m writing in IDL. However, if you’re still one of those astronomers that use IDL, and you’re on a Mac, go check out this great BBEdit and TextWrangler plug in in that provides syntax highlighting for IDL. Of course, the one problem is that while Emacs comes packaged with syntax highlighting for pretty much any language you could want, BBEdit requires you to do a little work if you use odd little scripting languages like IDL (also known as “Matlab for Astronomers”). BBEdit also allows access to and editing of files in local and remote volumes, and even the editing of a single file in multiple windows. But sometimes I just want something that works and has nice, modern design touches (hover autocomplete, cold folding, etc). txt files How would I change the colour of the text, but only for a text document If I go to Preferences-> Text Colors, pick the Theme then under General change the Plain Text color, it is a global change affecting all plain text in all languages, etc. I know, I know, I can go put whatever lisp commands I want in my. 1 Posted by u/BlueLineFive 19 days ago Change text color only in. ![]() This award-winning product has been crafted to serve the needs of writers, Web authors, and software developers and provides an abundance of features for editing, searching, and manipulation of prose, source code, and textual data. While I do (sometimes) still use Emacs on my Mac (and I pretty much have to if I’m working on remote code on our Linux machines), I’ve found that the popular Mac port Aquamacs has all of the bells and whistles of a fully customizable text editor but it lacks all of the polish of a really finished standalone application. BBEdit is the leading professional HTML and text editor for macOS. TextWrangler is completely free, though, so you really don’t have any excuse to load up XCode if you’re doing some quick python or php development. These are real developers who want to make a living making their Apps, so BBEdit does cost a little money to try. BBEdit (from Bare Bones Software) is one of the classic Mac apps for pretty much doing anything that requires a keyboard. If you’re not familiar with BBEdit (and it’s lightweight companion TextWrangler) then you probably didn’t grow up editing HTML on a Mac. It is built on the Electron framework and is compatible with all major operating systems. I use BBEdit for most (all) of my text needs these days. Visual Studio Code Visual Studio Code or VS Code is a freeware source- code editor from Microsoft. Sometimes after you tell yourself you’re not going to develop in a language again you find an awesome new tool… ![]() Okay, so I’ve been trying to wean myself off of IDL in favor of python. ![]()
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