[dehowell]

If you're a Firefox user, check out the "It's All Text!" extension. It lets you edit any text area in the external editor of your choice. For instance, I'm composing this comment in vim.

The download page at mozilla.com claims that it's hard to get working on Mac OS X, but that's actually not true. Skim through the comments... someone explains how do to it.

[mechanical_fish]

Thanks, this is just the kind of comment I was fishing for!

I was scared off by the claims that the OS X install was tricky. That and the fact that I don't use Firefox for anything but Firebug at the moment... I find Safari to be more stable and faster. This might tempt me to switch back to the Fox, though.