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Harvey

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Hey guys, I think I installed the code tools when I installed my OS... but where are they?

I just thought to look for them because I need some web development tools. A nice text editor would be nice. There must be something in there huh?

Thanks
 
Well, Xcode comes on a separate CD with a separate installer, so unless you put that CD in and installed Xcode, then you don't have it. If you did do this, try searching for it on your hard drive.

As for a text editor, what's wrong with TextEdit? It should suit your purposes well. A step up from that would be BBEdit Lite.
Harvey said:
A nice text editor would be nice.
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Indeed...
 
The only thing I don't like about BBEditLite is that it seems to be unable to color code tags... or maybe I'm just missing it? Hrm...
 
Xcode installs in the Applications folder in the Developer Folder at the root of your drive.
 
bobw said:
Xcode installs in the Applications folder in the Developer Folder at the root of your drive.
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Now that's just contradicting itself.

This is the root heirarchy of my hard drive, as of right now:
  • Applications
  • Applications (Mac OS 9)
  • Cornucopia
  • Developer
  • Documents
  • Downloads
  • Library
  • Network
  • System
  • System Folder
  • TacticalOps-2-1-4
  • Users
No syntax coloring is one thing that I don't like about BBEdit. That's why I'm glad Ricky showed me SubEthaEdit. Not only does it color your syntax, you can collaborate with other people and change code in realtime, with a realtime preview, and it updates as you type.
 
Hey guys. Seriously, what is so cool about BBEdit and the other text editor that you guys recommeded to me? They don't have auto completion for common languages... they don't remind you of missing tags for html for example, they're not even color coded... I don't get it?

I know that BBEdit is insanely popular... but why? I think I am seriously missing something. I'm willing to learn, let me know what somne of your favorite features in these apps are so I can understand their power as well! :-)
 
Originally Posted by bobw
Xcode installs in the Applications folder in the Developer Folder at the root of your drive.

Now that's just contradicting itself.

Why?

If you installed Xcode, then open the Developers Folder>Application Folder and you'll see Xcode.
 
BBedit has been around for a very long time, and partly because of that it's popular. Then. the paid version has a lot of fancy stuff ..

Not as much as full emacs has. Go to terminal and type emacs - you'll get a b&w emacs .. (there is also a carbon enhanced emacs for os x, search in versiontracker).

if a code editor that displays colors is enough for you, how about trying subethaedit? (also before known as hydra). very small, has highlights etc, and moe than 1 person can edit the same codument on the same time .. you can edit the same documents with any of your coworkers/friends that are connected to internet. :)
 
bobw said:
Originally Posted by bobw
Xcode installs in the Applications folder in the Developer Folder at the root of your drive.

Now that's just contradicting itself.

Why?

If you installed Xcode, then open the Developers Folder>Application Folder and you'll see Xcode.
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I knew that... :rolleyes:

My point was basically that it installs at the root of your hard drive instead of in your Applications folder. I guess we're both right.
 
The full bbedit has some serious features and customizability. One of the most important ones are grep and multi-file search/replace...I dont know of any other editors that have them both together.

subpathedit sounds good, but I only work on my own so ehh...

The best FREE editor I've run into is 'mi' but it takes alot of customizing without instructions to get it up to the level of bbedit.
 
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