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So I edit quite a number of text files, and since I'm an ancient UNIX geek, about 70% of the time I'll use Terminal.app and vi to edit any given text file.
The rest of the time I'll find it more convenient (and Macs are all about convenience, right?) to double-click the file in the Finder window I've opened to it thus opening the default app, TextEdit. Every now and then I'll cross my editors and forget that I'm NOT in vi and hit the escape key after entering my edits. Most of the time I was using TextEdit the cursor was not next to some text, or otherwise, and I'd get the little 'boop' which usually means 'you did something meaningless' but this time I had the cursor next to a number, and it popped up a little menu of possible word completions!
I guess all those other times I had the cursor next to whitespace or a punctuation character and the little 'boop' was TextEdit not coming up with any completions; not 'you are not in vi dummy'.
I've been using TextEdit for 2.5 years off and on now, and never knew it could do that! Ah yes, it's the little things that make using a Mac that much more pleasant. Can Wordpad or Notepad do that? Don't know, don't care.
The rest of the time I'll find it more convenient (and Macs are all about convenience, right?) to double-click the file in the Finder window I've opened to it thus opening the default app, TextEdit. Every now and then I'll cross my editors and forget that I'm NOT in vi and hit the escape key after entering my edits. Most of the time I was using TextEdit the cursor was not next to some text, or otherwise, and I'd get the little 'boop' which usually means 'you did something meaningless' but this time I had the cursor next to a number, and it popped up a little menu of possible word completions!
I guess all those other times I had the cursor next to whitespace or a punctuation character and the little 'boop' was TextEdit not coming up with any completions; not 'you are not in vi dummy'.
I've been using TextEdit for 2.5 years off and on now, and never knew it could do that! Ah yes, it's the little things that make using a Mac that much more pleasant. Can Wordpad or Notepad do that? Don't know, don't care.
