Is there a Mac alternative to SciTE or Notepad++?

Personally, I'm a vi guy and of course both vi and emacs have this.

You could always try the OSX port of the gedit editor.

projects.gnome.org/gedit/ (download link on the right side).

Coda or Sublime Text 2. I've been using sb2 for web crap lately. It's pretty solid.

BBEdit is commonly used by developers on the Mac. TextEdit is Mac general text editor.

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