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I tried an early version, it sucked up entirely too much RAM for an app that is supposed to be simple. Hundreds of megs. I assume this is down to the JVM + the

I tried an early version, it sucked up entirely too much RAM for an app that is supposed to be simple. Hundreds of megs. I assume this is down to the JVM + the JRuby runtime. As someone wanting 'a better textmate,' I see much more hope in http://kodapp.com http://kodapp.com, though it isn't cross-platform (it depends on OSX's Cocoa framework.) The early beta is already very impressive, especially the neatness of its codebase. And no, this isn't the place to go recommending (vim|emacs). We get it.

ericb 16y ago
> it sucked up entirely too much RAM for an app that is supposed to be simple. Hundreds of megs. I show 175 megs of Real Memory used on OS X at the moment for Redcar. So still not "small," but since development is the primary focus of my machine, it doesn't bother me at all, especially considering firefox is at 241 megs at the moment.
netghost 16y ago
Except Kod doesn't really do anything much yet ;) I think we're stuck with Textmate (which rocks for what it's worth).
- JonnieCache 16y ago
  That's because the devs are mainly interested right now in hacking the text parser and the associated low level stuff that makes an app really good in the long run. This is what makes me so hopeful.