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On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Rob Dixon <rob.dixon@gmx.com> wrote: snip > Komodo Edit (the free version of Komodo) is a fine piece of software, and even > Komodo IDE for £150 is cheap compared with comparable commercial software, and > it includes an invaluable regex debugger. snip Yeah, it has only gotten better over the years. I really like it, but it still doesn't beat the speed and simplicity of VIM and the commandline for me, but then again I am getting to be a cranky, old fogey, so you should probably not listen to me about tools. snip > In addition, Microsoft have done us all a favour by paying for a third-party > type designer to create a comfortable programmer's font. It's based on OpenType, > which is Microsoft's intelligent font anti-aliasing, but it's downloadable for > nothing and I think should work on anything that can display Truetype. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolas snip Hmm, I have been using DejaVu Sans Mono (based on Bitstream Sans Mono, but with better UNICODE support) for a while, and Andale Mono before that. I will have to check that one out though. -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read.Thread Previous | Thread Next