Can anyone recommend a good text editor that's macOS compatible, good with Python and isn't Atom? :D
@b Thanks for the suggestions!
I'll pass on Spacemacs as I much prefer visual interfaces (although for those into it, the app looks like a pretty cool thing to have). I'll check out the other two though 👍
@Takanu not even spacemacs, just plain emacs, or aquamacs if you want a native osx experience
@a_breakin_glass Thanks for the suggestion, although I probably should have specified that i'm looking for something with a visual interface.
Spacemacs does look pretty cool for those that are into it though B)
@Takanu what do you mean visual interface? because emacs does have a GUI, it's not terminal only
@a_breakin_glass Oh really?
@Takanu yeah. here's a screenshot from aquamacs's site https://cybre.space/media/aB4a9OwtYOMfz8t9cLY and here's a screenshot of regular emacs running on a mac (which does have a native aqua interface, though it isn't running here and isn't as tricked out as aquamacs is iirc) https://cybre.space/media/bHeDr7NY3dChD-Ujp6w
@Takanu I used to do most of my Python work on OSX in Sublime Text with the Anaconda package
@theoutrider Thanks for the recommendation, this looks like a pretty solid text editor.
@Takanu I still use the same setup, just on Linux now rather than OSX :D the Anaconda and flake8 packages for Sublime are super useful for Python
@theoutrider I like the more native interface and it seems to have some pretty great features.
I'm not sure I can justify the $80 asking price for the amount I need a secondary text editor though, but i'll put it on my list of editors to check out today.
@theoutrider @Takanu I think most people don't buy sublime, it has a popup every ten saves but u can use it free forever
@eribloodlust @theoutrider Oh? Sounds like it might be worth checking it out then, thanks for the tip.
@Takanu @eribloodlust yeah, the registration runs on an honour system - I was using it for a good long while and forked out for it when I had the money to spare (but then it is my primary code editor, including at work)
@theoutrider @eribloodlust Aaah, thats a nice approach 😎
@Takanu I love visual studio code tbh. I use it for python occasionally on mac and the plugins generally are really solid, but the git plugins are *incredible*.
@eden I've only ever written Python code (badly) for Blender plugins and wanted something that would help me organise my code and learn Python better.
Visual Studio Code is looking really promising though *w*
@Takanu it's super pretty too! It'd totally help you organise. Maybe use GitLab to organise too because that has a lot of tools to help you.
if you go for it and run into issues with the git, ping me because I had a really hard time getting that part setup on mac last time but it's so worth it! :)
@Takanu @maunzikation pycharm seems to be a community favourite
@Takanu
If you want a simple but reliable graphical option, you have the IDE Geany. You have emacs or vim too if you want a text editor only. Atom though is a text editor is too resource hunger to be a text editor as always as an app made in electron. About a closed source option would be sublime text but you have to pay the license or use the developer version that is free but annoying with the notification of buy the license every 3 saves of a file..
@Jolt2bolt Thanks for the recommendations. I more don't like Atom just because of the interface and overall feel of it, but it's performance is a big part of that problem.
@Takanu
I really fond of geany. A jewel unnotice. Although is an IDE, it's not overwhelming like most text editors for programmer tje the market offers today. Simple and yet fully simple and what more important low resource demand
@Jolt2bolt It seems alright and i'm happy you like it, but I must admit it doesn't seem like the IDE for me 🙊
@Takanu
Well it's an IDE because you can compile on it qithout using an external tool. I tried a c program a long ago and it works. That's why...
@Jolt2bolt I wasn't questioning it's status as an IDE, I was just saying that it doesn't look like the right program for me. I really appreciate the suggestion though :)
@Takanu sublime, vs code or pycharm for graphical ones. Vim otherwise
@Takanu I'm a web developer and we use VS Code at work. Most of my colleagues have Mac Pros.
@ashkumar That seems like the one most people are suggesting, and it looks pretty solid 👌
@Takanu Visual Studio Code is pretty nice. What don’t you like about Atom? That might make it easier to make a good recommendation. 🙂
@RadDevon Atom feels very chunky and unresponsive, even when you skin the interface. I want the act of jumping around and typing code to feel fluid, and to preferably fit into normal macOS operating paradigms.
Visual Studio Code has been suggested a lot, and i'm really liking the look of it so far so i'm going to dive into it first. Thanks for the suggestion 👌
@verygoodsoftwarenotvirus It seems really popular, and I can see why :3
@Takanu I like Sublime Text a lot!
@Takanu Spacemacs is a great way to get into Emacs. If you want something visual, I hear vscode is really nice now. Xi is promising but immature.