Re: Text Editor for OS X?

In article <rowbotth-AC40F1.14291431072005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Rowbotth <rowbotth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A few years ago, in the pre-X time, Newer made an excellent text editor
> which was very useful for formating .txt files for a word processor.
>
> I've been looking (missing it badly) for a replacement. I understand
> that Newer has gone bankrupt; there seem to be a few Text Editors out
> there...
>
> mi
>
> SubEthaNet
>
> WordService
>
> to name a few. Any recommendations? I want to be able to format a
> .txt file to fit page width of a Word Document. also maybe to add some
> tabs and double CRs. (Basically what the old Newer product used to do.)

TextWrangler, a no cost offering from Bare Bones Software, gets my vote.

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