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TextForge - 1.5

Cocoa-based text editor

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Version 1.5:	Not rated (0.0)
Selected Version:	1.5
Release Date:	2003-04-08
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 1.5):	119
Downloads (all versions):	8,440
Price:	$5.00

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Product Description:

TextForge is a text editor for Mac OS X, written using the Cocoa API. Unlike the bzillion TextEdit clones out there, TextForge was built from scratch to provide a reliable, powerful, fast, efficient, and Mac OS X native solution for editing text documents.

Some highlights are...

Tools like...
- Full regular expression support
- Integrated perl syntax checker
- "Run in Terminal" command
- Preview-in-Browser system (like Dreamweaver)
- Configure and create new XHTML documents
- Document statistics
- Control over tabbing
- Auto-indent option
- Control over line breaks and encodings
- Spell checker
- Wrapped and unwrapped view modes
- Shows line count and position
Customizable look (colors, transparency, fonts)
Mac OS X native interface utilizing sheets and the Apple Human Interface Guidelines
Its fast and efficient
Very stable

What's new in this version:

Added full regular expressions support
Added wrapping support to find functionality
Fixed UI inconsistencies in sheets (button positioning)
Fixed UI inconsistencies in Find panel
Updated help content

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

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Tabs a plus - Version: 1.6.3, 7/13/2003 12:18PM PST

IonYz

I agree with macbert, having a text editor with true tabbing would make this stand out amongst the crowd. Not a drop-down menu of documents, but real tabbing al la Camino. Another plus would be multi-file find/replace. But what you have here is a solid start. Very speedy, and a clean look. I do have problems with transparency. It leaves ghost text that doesn't disappear unless I adjust opacitiy again. Similar to the Terminal Opacity hack before Quartz Extreme. Maybe its just my hardware. Anyways, keep up the good work.

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Tabs a plus

Keeps getting better.… - Version: 1.6.1, 4/24/2003 11:00AM PST

sooloo

Has already about 70% replaced BBEdit for me. Could use some sort of unix pipe feature (a configurable menu with paths to tools & shell scripts). Oh, and syntax coloring :p

Nice simple editor.… - Version: 1.6, 4/15/2003 07:15PM PST

arcmna