Stream: committers
Topic: Text Editor OSX
Grahame Grieve (Sep 04 2019 at 02:21):
@Ted Klein is using a visual text editor on OSX that doesn't support Unix line endings (!!!). We use unix line endings everywhere in the source files... so he needs some visual editor and not always have to use VI. What do people recommend on OSX (I'm on windows, and always use notepad++)
Jean Duteau (Sep 04 2019 at 02:22):
TextMate
Jean Duteau (Sep 04 2019 at 02:22):
what text editor is he using?
Grahame Grieve (Sep 04 2019 at 02:23):
I think it was TextEdit.app
Jean Duteau (Sep 04 2019 at 02:23):
the default text editor?
Grahame Grieve (Sep 04 2019 at 02:23):
how would I know?
Jean Duteau (Sep 04 2019 at 02:23):
didn't you use to have a mac? TextEdit isn't a text editor. It's like WordPad on windows
Rob Hausam (Sep 04 2019 at 02:25):
Are you sure that it's Ted's commits that are the source of the issue? I was seeing it with Dave T.'s before Ted started doing it. I've never had a problem with any editor that I've used on the Mac. Visual Studio Code works well and would be a good choice.
Jean Duteau (Sep 04 2019 at 02:26):
yeah, I just opened and saved a bunch of files with TextEdit and it handles unix line endings just fine. (which it should since OSX is unix)
Grahame Grieve (Sep 04 2019 at 02:31):
Ted and I were working on his desktop and the editor was ignoring the unix eols when it opened the html and markdown files in UTG. That's all I know. I think it's bizarre too
Grahame Grieve (Sep 04 2019 at 02:32):
I've forgotten all I know about OSX ;-)
Rob Hausam (Sep 04 2019 at 02:34):
OK. Well, he might give VS Code a try. In my experience it works well and it's free.
Chris Moesel (Sep 04 2019 at 12:39):
Yes, VS Code is an excellent choice for Mac or Windows -- and it has great Git integration as well!
Eric Haas (Sep 04 2019 at 14:25):
Atom!!!!
Eric Haas (Sep 04 2019 at 14:25):
Or Sublime
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