[timtadh]

Or you know, (re)install linux and use any of the great text editors available on that platform. I think linux is the best platform for CS types in college.

[stevejohnson]

It's hardly reasonable to recommend changing OSes just to use a different text editor.

[frou_dh]

Since vim and emacs run fine on OS X, do you mean GUI ones? I think Linux is the worst platform in terms of GUI experience.

[rat]

why?

also kate is a very nice editor gui editor(mainly linux but probably runs on os x/windows -because of kde portability)

[frou_dh]

That's just my experience that compared to Windows and especially OS X, GUI on Linux is typically ugly and unrefined.

It's understandable given the more fragmented, programmer-centric ecosystem.

[dropshopsa]

I also like kate alot.

[swah]

Like vim and emacs.