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Spanky Deluxe
Apr 23, 2008, 10:44 AM
I've been using TextEdit to write my Fortran programs recently and I was wondering if there are any (free) programs for editing Fortran programs? I don't need anything with syntax checking etc, the compiler does that for me. Something that'll deal with indents easier and have a line number display etc. I guess something a bit like the Xcode C editor.
Any suggestions?
Mitthrawnuruodo
Apr 23, 2008, 10:49 AM
TextWrangler (http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/), my favourite all-purpose, free text editor, supports Fortran colour coding, I think...
Spanky Deluxe
Apr 23, 2008, 10:52 AM
TextWrangler (http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/), my favourite all-purpose, free text editor, supports Fortran colour coding, I think...
That is absolutely perfect! Thank you!!
Sayer
Apr 23, 2008, 11:05 AM
There's also Smultron http://smultron.sourceforge.net/ which is an either-or kinda thing. Either you like and use it, or you use something else.
Spanky Deluxe
Apr 23, 2008, 11:15 AM
There's also Smultron http://smultron.sourceforge.net/ which is an either-or kinda thing. Either you like and use it, or you use something else.
Cheers Sayer. :) I'll give it a try too!
yeroen
Apr 23, 2008, 06:52 PM
Every programmer, especially Fortran programmers, should use vim. Or emacs if you prefer.
Syntax highlighting, line numbering, powerful edit functionality, and free to boot.
lee1210
Apr 23, 2008, 07:07 PM
Every programmer, especially Fortran programmers, should use vim. Or emacs if you prefer.
Syntax highlighting, line numbering, powerful edit functionality, and free to boot.
Seconded. Read and write Fortran every day. Nothing but vi(m).
Every time I mention it around here I seem to get flamed. I guess now that someone says they're writing Fortran they're already passed how "hardcore" people think vi(m) is.
-Lee
yeroen
Apr 23, 2008, 09:13 PM
Every time I mention it around here I seem to get flamed.
-Lee
I often like to think of myself as the resident VIM scourge of the MR forums.
Mr. Anderson
Apr 23, 2008, 09:25 PM
there is also emacs running in the terminal window - just about as hardcore as vi :D
D
yeroen
Apr 23, 2008, 10:08 PM
There needs to be a vim vs emacs poll.
Perhaps that'll rouse the old passions that fueled the usenet flame wars of old.
CaptainZap
Apr 23, 2008, 10:55 PM
There needs to be a vim vs emacs poll.
Perhaps that'll rouse the old passions that fueled the usenet flame wars of old.
Dude you have to make one. Sorry, but I really have nothing constructive to add to the original topic... Vim FTW =]
Mitthrawnuruodo
Apr 24, 2008, 03:42 AM
There needs to be a vim vs emacs poll.Hey, what about pico?
:D
yeroen
Apr 24, 2008, 08:35 AM
Hey, what about pico?
:D
Loyalty to Pico may be judged to be an idiosyncrasy for idiosyncrasy's sake.:)
For the OP, TextMate while not free (especially if you're an American suffering from a weak $ to € exchange rate), is a popular option and rightly so. It is very pretty, and you get syntax highlighting, code folding, and number of other things.
Fortran isn't included by default but a Fortran bundle is available from the Macromates SVN repository. Install scripts for Fortran, Ada, and may other TextMate bundles are available here (just cut and paste and run them in your terminal):
http://netcetera.org/cgi-bin/tmbundles.cgi
It's worth the trial download.
chem
Apr 24, 2008, 11:37 AM
aquamacs. http://aquamacs.org
It's an OS X aqua port of emacs.
sherpa78
Apr 25, 2008, 12:27 PM
http://code.google.com/p/macvim/
This has been the answer to all my text editing needs.
Cromulent
Apr 25, 2008, 01:21 PM
Hey, what about pico?
:D
+1
Pico > Vim :).
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