Yeah, you're right, I'm not seriously proposing to use nano for anything more than very casual quick edits. If I mark a particular criteria as '?' it means the product was so tediously unfriendly I never investigated it I'm sure some editor sycophant will let me know. Memory consumption was guestimated using OS X's Activity Monitor, looking at the value for 'Real Memory' usage. The test was simple - try editing this very page in each of the editors. There's a reason I'm on this platform, after all. mac support: it should be fully-integrated with the mac.I spend most of the time on the command-line anyhow. source control integration: nice, but not required.An editor that is reasonable in its requirements is a must. small footprint: with cocoon, jetty, tomcat, firefox, and mail, there's not much room left.Building from within the editor is preferable, but not required. XML support is a must: preferably tag completion and well-formed checks. language support: i want syntax highlighting, folding, code completion optional.I want to be able to split the screen at least horizontally, preferably vertically too.

visually useful: maximise the edit area, reduce menus, icons etc.

sensible price: I'm thinking £50 is the sweet-spot, but I'd stretch to maybe £70.

license: an open source license is preferable for all the obvious reasons.

Of the various editors out there, as I search for a new one.

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