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Free WYSIWYG Markdown editor
I've been using Typora as a Markdown editor when it was free (during beta), but now it's pay for use and I want to find an equivalent, free (preferably open source) tool.
My requirements:
free (...
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Is there a pre-installed GUI text editor that can edit html files without entering WYSIWYG mode?
I'm looking for something similar to windows notepad. textEdit exists, but opening a *.html file with it will instantly treat the code as rich text and add a bunch of other markup to the document the ...
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How to get the line number in TextEdit [duplicate]
Is it possible to get or display the line number in TextEDit in macOS Big Sur?
As I am using the editor for HDL (Hardware Descriptive Language) coding. If it's not possible, could you point me to an ...
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Tool to perform MULTIPLE regex replacements on text
It's often been the case that I've wanted to a) perform a series of regex replacements on some text in a specific order, and b) save this replacement to use for later. However, despite the purported ...
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Change text color while writing
I am writing scripts and I need to separate actual text from comments by color.
For example the code is in black, and the comments are in red.
**writeln('this one should be BLACK');**
*this is a ...
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Is there a great text editor for iPhone and/or iPad with BBEdit-style text filters and PCRE search/replace?
Overwhelmingly, the reason I turn to my computer instead of using my phone with an external keyboard and the reason I gave up using an iPad is to be able to use BBEdit. Is there a reasonably full-...
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I need to examine an 82.7 GB (!) text file. What can open it?
We recently had a meltdown of a Tomcat server, that produced an 82.7 GB "catalina.out" log file, which I saved for forensic analysis.
What macOS editors can open monster text files without consuming ...
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Vim-like clipboard manager with multiple buffers
I am looking to expand the capabilities of my clipboard.
I've grown attached to how vim does it; multiple discrete buffers you can 'yank' (copy) text into. I also generally prefer to use the mouse ...
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Notepad++ alternative with the ability to search in folder [duplicate]
I am looking for an alternative program on macOS, like Notepad++ with two abilities:
To write and edit program code,
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Search specific string in a folder full of text files.
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Text editor to search/replace newlines and tabs
A time-saving feature I often used while editing large text files (the kind used for batch processes of data exchanges, aka, "flat files" for feeds between multiple systems) was Notepad++'s ...
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A file viewer like in Total Commander / Krusader
I use DoubleCommander, which is a decent 2-panel file manager.
What I am missing is a viewer for the use case of peeking at a text file, especially logs:
quick to load
handles large text files (GBs)
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Looking for Text Editor with File Browser for logs
Need a text editor with file browser that will keep files sorted by date and allow quickly switching between files in the editor. Lots of log files to view through quickly.
TextWrangler only shows ...
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Anyone know of a single-pane Markdown editor for MacOS
Just looking for an markdown editor that is one pane, and will let me toggle back-and-forth between "edit mode" and "display mode" with a keyboard shortcut.
I really how the cells in python's Jupyter ...
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Which text editors for iPhone support tabs and editing files in Dropbox in-place?
I've been searching for a text editor on iPhone with the following features:
Support for browsing files in Dropbox and editing them in-place.
Support for keeping more than one file open at a time and ...
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Mac equivalent of Notepad++? [closed]
Brand new Mac user here. Switching over from Windows, where I relied heavily upon Notepad++.
Notepad++ is a raw text editor with a ton of convenience features built into it. My favorite is its file ...
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