Forgedit: tabbed text editor

" As a switcher, the app I miss most on Windows is UltraEdit."

I was just like you, a long time UltraEdit user (actually bought the lifetime upgrade option they had). When I moved to Mac I missed UltraEdit. Then I discovered TextMate, and now I miss TextMate on Windows.

TextMate is a bit different, and it appears to not do much at first, but that is very deceiving. Once you learn it, other editors seem old and cluncky.

The good news is I see many editors now copying TextMate's ideas; with some out and out copies of TextMate (E Editor on Windows). So no matter what editor you like, it will probably be getting some of TextMate's features eventually.

As a student, I'd really really like it if NeoOffice or Microsoft 2008 (due soon, right?) had tabs. When writing papers I've got my paper open, the outline/notes for it open, probably my class syllabus, and possibly an .doc format article or two. This is in addition to god-knows how many pdf journal articles or tabs in firefox.

Be nice if all those .docs could be in a tabbed window...

TextWrangler doesn't technically have tabs, but it does have a single-window interface with all open documents accessible via a sidebar (more a-la Omniweb than Safari, for example).

I like TextWrangler. A lot.

-systemsboy

When you're competing with something like TextMate, you have to do better than make your app look like TextMate

As a switcher, the app I miss most on Windows is UltraEdit. I have been using skEdit on my Mac and enjoying it for the most part.

I wrote to IDM (makers of UltraEdit) to ask them if they were ever going to port to OS X and I got a response:

"There is not currently a Linux/MAC version
available however we are actively scheduling for this for a future release. The date of availability for this is yet to be determined."

So it sounds like it is something they are headed towards eventually :)

Also Smultron has tabs.

Back in my windows days I used Textpad which had tabs, but I use BBEdit now with the file drawer, I don't really have a need for tabs. It seems like just another implementation of the same basic principle.

If you're looking for a free RTF/HTML/DOC editor with tabs (actually a nice sidebar), there's WriteInOne-

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/22563

SubEthaEdit has tabs plus a metric @$$ton more.

One note: TextMate has tabs too, if you have a project or folder open.