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TEXTASTIC CODE EDITOR FOR IPAD REVIEW FOR MAC
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I have a huge Dropbox folder and an Evernote database full of useful files and information. The two essentials were Dropbox and Evernote. So what tools do I need? What tools are useful and what tools are nice little frills?

TEXTASTIC CODE EDITOR FOR IPAD REVIEW TV

Yes, it allowed me to watch some TV and movies and read a book or two but it also allowed me some pretty good productivity. Recently I found myself in hospital and once again my iPad was a godsend. Textastic – Text, Code and Markup Editor with Syntax Highlighting – FTP, SFTP, Dropbox – for iPad Given that it uses more of the valuable screen space I’m not sure if I prefer it over arrow keys but it can be dismissed with a tap and brought back with a double tap.Īs well as Dropbox it also supports FTP, SFTP, SCP and WebDAV for those that want to edit files on, for example, a web server rather than just their Dropbox.įinally it also has the best regular expression search and replace I’ve seen on iOS. Textastic also has a pop up cursor pad rather than arrows for moving the cursor and selecting text. It has MarkDown preview and export to HTML, the two basics for MarkDown and the symbol navigation system recognises MarkDown headers for navigation round large documents. It even supports TextMate themes.įor the writer it also has a few tricks. The extra keyboard row is ideal for coding. It has code completion, syntax highlighting, symbol navigation, TextMate snippets and auto indentation. This is the code cutters editor of choice in my view. The one weakness in Nebulous is that it doesn’t automatically sync with Dropbox or iCloud, it keeps a local copy of your file and I’ve been unable to figure out exactly when it decides to sync with the online file.

TEXTASTIC CODE EDITOR FOR IPAD REVIEW UPDATE

If you want to get really geeky then Nebulous’ latest update supports URLs in the iOS URL scheme so you can have Launch Center or bookmarklets do such things as open a file or add a line of text to the end of one.Īs well as Dropbox support it’s the only iPad editor I know that will save your document as a note in Evernote, extremely handy since I don’t really like the editor in the iPad Evernote app. My only request would be the ability to easily switch between a couple of custom rows - I’d like one for writing and one for coding. This is the killer feature that keeps it on my home row. The look is highly customizable with four themes and from there you can change colours, fonts and sizes.Įven the extra keyboard row is customizable with full macro support, these are real macros with support for cursor positioning not just text substitutions. I don’t think I could recommend Elements unless you want a really simple editor, even then the lack of the extra keyboard row is a drawback.Įlements - A Markdown Text Editor For iOS Nebulous The one good feature not commonly seen is a small scratchpad for taking a quick note while you are editing a document. It does export the HTL of your MarkDown to the clipboard, though it takes a moment to find it – preview the MarkDown and at the bottom of the screen is a “Copy HTML” button. It supports MarkDown syntax with a single button preview. The export options are limited, the font is fixed, there is no extra keyboard row.

TEXTASTIC CODE EDITOR FOR IPAD REVIEW FOR MAC

A Simple Text Editor for Mac and iOS ElementsĮlements is the first editor for writers I tried and at first I liked it’s clean look but it lacks a number of features I need.

I don’t really use it that much, I’m much more likely to use either Nebulous or Textastic. It has a good range of export possibilities including the ability to copy a HTML conversion to the clipboard and email a number of formats. One neat trick I haven’t seen elsewhere are that the extra row keys include ‘(‘ and ‘[‘ but not the matching close, when you type the opening character the key changes to the matching close.įor file storage it supports both iCloud and Dropbox.

The extra keys are optimised for typing Markdown syntax including a key for headings, inserting hyperlinks and creating lists. Like all good editors on the iPad it has an extra row of keys above the standard keyboard. Of course it supports Markdown well, including a good preview. On the Mac Byword is my go to editor for writing, so how does it stack up on the iPad? So here you have them all in the one post.īefore I start if you are already running one or two editors and you’re just looking for a good comparison list of iOS editors to find your perfect one (or you want to check all the features of the four I’ve reviewed below) Brett Terpstra recently crowd sourced the definitive list. I just started to write a few words about Byword for iOS and realised that I’ve got a bunch of editors on my iPad and they all deserve a few words.