Fernando P.

Arquitecto de software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/22/2019

"Textadept is an editor that supports multiple programming languages simultaneously"

4/5

What do you like best about Textadept?

Textadept is a very light tool. I love its preview function, so I can see the code of the whole file and access it easily. I like your library of plugins, which allow me to customize the editor. The accessibility of the user platform, which allows the development of several programming languages such as CSS, HTML or JS at the same time, is another of the most important features of this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Textadept?

What I did not like about the application is that it does not have a GUI to change the keyboard shortcuts, I must do it manually. It is also an inconvenience if the add-ons are updated incorrectly since the program must be uninstalled and installed again losing all the configurations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Textadept:

Textadept is easy to use and your customization options will enchant you. I consider it an opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of open source and explore the different opportunities it offers. I recommend using this editor to take advantage of the large number of add-ons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Textadept solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use Textadept to simultaneously develop HTML, CSS and JS code. The most important benefit at the enterprise level has been that we have replaced a paid editor with a free and open source editor. The editor has allowed us to expand knowledge in terms of customization by immersing ourselves in the open source market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

William H.

Co-founder / Entrepreneur

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/13/2016

"Console text editor with a modern GUI text editor feel!"

5/5

What do you like best about Textadept?

Vim and emacs have crazy keyboard command sequences. Textadept has "normal" ones! Ctrl+S to save. Shift and move the cursor to select text. Shift+Tab to unindent. Ctrl+F to find. It even has mouse support. You'll forget you're working in a terminal.

It's also INSANELY fast to open. While vim sometimes took a couple seconds to open if my computer was busy, textadept always has opened in the blink of an eye for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Textadept?

The only real downside is the small comunity. Compared with something like vim or atom, that has thousands of addon's, textadept doesn't offer as much in terms of community-added features. However, it does have a powerful scripting language at its core, and I had fun and not too much trouble creating my own startup scripts and syntax highlighting extensions. Also, the author is prolific and extremely responsive to emails. Twice I've had a question or a bug and he sent me a code example or patched the development version on Github within a day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Textadept:

Try it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Textadept solving and how is that benefiting you?

We had to write software made out of lots of jumbled pieces that worked on lots of environments. We couldn't standardize on a single IDE and OS but were constantly developing on Windows, on Linux, or remotely via SSH. It gets confusing and slows down productivity having to mentally switch from one set of keyboard shortcuts in Sublime Text for example, to using Vim over SSH. Textadept is unique in that it has both a console and a GUI version. Being able to use "normal" keyboard shortcuts for navigating and editing files was a huge boon and saved me from having to make mental context switches. Since there's less learning curve compared to vim, it also enabled developers who weren't normally able to edit files over SSH to start doing so. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.