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Mac Script Editor Needed

by Warthog · in Torque Game Builder · 09/29/2006 (5:19 pm) · 9 replies

Hey all,

Anyone in here working on the Mac? If so, what text/script editor are you using? I've been using SubEthaEdit, with Danny Ngan's TorqueScript plug-in, but he hasn't updated it since 2004. Anyone know of a newer plug-in for SubEthaEdit or bbEdit? Or some other solution?

Thanks a bunch,

frustrated warthog
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Torque Owner Richard Pettyjohn
#1
09/29/2006 (5:22 pm)
JEdit is great.

Torque Owner Warthog
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#2
09/29/2006 (5:28 pm)
Thanks! Which plug-in are you using for jEdit? Where did you get it?

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#3
09/30/2006 (4:30 am)
I'm using BBEdit 8.5 with a decent TorqueScript language XML. I'm not sure if it's the one from Danny or if it's one I made from the BBEdit C++ XML. That, and a few command-line scripts of my own (mostly for searching for text easily).

Torque Owner Don Schaper
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I like Smultron.

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#5
10/01/2006 (7:08 am)
I'll second Don. Smultron is great.

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Torque Owner Andre Lind
#6
10/01/2006 (10:51 am)
If you're not afraid to buy a texteditor the by far best one has to be TextMate
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Torque Owner Matthew Harris
#7
10/06/2006 (6:17 pm)
I like TextEdit myself :P

Torque Owner Gary "ChunkyKs" Briggs
#8
10/09/2006 (4:01 pm)
I'm using XCode. The editor isn't exactly what my warm fuzzies are made of, but having all TGE/T2D C++ as well as torquescript in the same pointyclikky place works wonders for me.

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Torque Owner Brian Hill
#9
10/09/2006 (6:00 pm)
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But hey, hey: I just noticed that Smultron is under a BSD License -- bless their hearts. I think I might take a lookie at their syntax coloring code...maybe I spoke too soon about not having an integrated editor...:)