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I've been noticing a lot of talk about BBEdit lately and am having a hard time finding what features might set it apart from apps like Textmate or VIM. Are there any features that aren't in other editors that I'm just missing? Two of my coworkers use it and I haven't been able to witness anything in particular, but with a line in the article like "I'm a big BBEdit fan" there has to be something I am missing, right?

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As a long time BBEdit user, a lot of it has to do with the vast spread of features that cover just about everyone's needs. As a vim pre-novice, I think that part of BBEdit's appeal is that the features you may not use often enough to remember a command for are just a little mouse-hunting away. Having used Textmate a couple of time and the somewhat similar e.exe for Windows a lot, the appeal of BBEdit is that features are integrated into the application instead of loosely coupled in bundles that may or may not work well.

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