I started using BBEdit in the last few years, and mostly prefer it. I used emacs and vim for a couple of years each, so it's not because I haven't seen/used "be

I started using BBEdit in the last few years, and mostly prefer it. I used emacs and vim for a couple of years each, so it's not because I haven't seen/used "better" editors. I think using only AppleScript as a scripting language really holds it back from a broader audience, and personally, I just don't script it, although I do use the option to run scripts on my text from menus, etc. (Any language, Python, perl, whatever.)