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> I’m not sure there’s enough of a market on the Mac for another commercial code editor, as we already have BBEdit for hard-core text wrangling. That's going t
by chipotle_coyote 6y ago
> I’m not sure there’s enough of a market on the Mac for another commercial code editor, as we already have BBEdit for hard-core text wrangling.
That's going to be my issue with Nova, I think -- well, already is, as I've been beta-testing it. (I even have a theme in Nova's extension gallery!) There are a few things specifically relating to text manipulation rather than coding that BBEdit just does super well for me, and when I want a more IDE-like experience I end up in VSCode. Nova has foundation to be a great competitor in this space if and only if their extension library gets built out quickly, but that's, well, going to be a challenge. I'm still giving them a year of support to see what happens, though.
- perardi 6y agoMm-hmm, and despite my skepticism, I am also tempted. What’s your experience with the theming engine? I use Hugo for my static site generator, and I doubt there’s a theme for that particular flavor yet. (I severely doubt my ability to craft a theme, regardless of how easy it is, but I am tempted.)
- chipotle_coyote 6y agoIt was surprisingly easy to make a Nova theme -- if anything, it was a little easier than TextMate's theming (which is what virtually everybody else bases their theming on, it seems), and unlike VS Code, it supports changing background color in text runs. Which is actually something the theme I wanted to port uses!