I searched for many days to find a good text editor that I liked enough to use for my daily code hacking. I started using SubEthaEdit (before it was named that), but it didn't give me enough features. Plus I didn't have anyone else to collaborate with. Then I found VIM for the Mac. I love VIM and used it a whole lot. The only problem is that it's a Carbon app. It's GUI is very limited. It does not really fit in to the Mac feel.

So after about a year I finally found TextMate. This was the best text editor yet. And I'm still using it today. I'm still hoping for a few more refinements, but they will get here soon.

The biggest problems that I've had with TextMate is that it will slow down on large projects. Like the two second lag when switching from another app. It like to reset where it's view port is at after switching back to it. The line numbers scroll off the screen on long lines. Small issues like that.

But it's the best there is.