Textwrangler proved to be too much for me when I downloaded it oh, so many months ago. So I stayed with TextEdit, which is quite sufficient for any text-wrangling I need to do. (I used to use Alpha, but it just a little bit buggy and slow in OS X and there doesn’t seem to be that much support for the HTML module.)
But I’m still on Bare Bones Software‘s registered users list, so I got their e-mail offer to save $100 on BBEdit’s normal price of $199. That’s a great deal, except $99 is still an awful lot for a non-programming geek wannabe like me to pay for an HTML editor I barely need.
I dip my toes into PHP when I have to. I spend most of my time working in HTML and CSS. For what little I do, Taco works fine, and it’s free!
I think a real TextWrangler geek would jump at the chance to own BBEdit for $99, though, so here’s the link for what Bare Bones Software calls the BBEdit 8.2 Cross-Upgrade offer.
Remember: you have to be a registered TextWrangler owner to qualify.
I paid the shareware fee for Alpha, and I’d be glad to do it for Taco, if the developer ever asks for it. (Think about it, Raj! Extra spending money for the university pub!)
thank you for introducing TACO. I am current TextWrangler user but don’t quite like it.
After looking over your sites, I think you are one of those power users who might be better off with BBEdit!
I too like Taco, but since I switched to cyberduck for FTP, I found Smultron for text editing, as it works directly with cyberduck when editing files directly on the server.
Both are freee and open-source.