Whats so great about textmate

[jimi_hendrix]

well? what is? i have heard it was soo good that MS and Linux users were jealous of macs

[s.fox]

Have a look at this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textmate). It describes the features quite well.

[jimi_hendrix]

i see nothing in there that vim doesnt have

[JordyD]

i see nothing in there that vim doesnt have

And vim is free. Also cross-platform.

[jimi_hendrix]

And vim is free. Also cross-platform.

and it and emacs are installed on macs by default

isnt scribes the textmate imitation for linux?