InType Windows Text Editor
Aside from OS wars, text editors are one of the most religiously debated topics on the net. There are some who say that we don’t need any new text editors, but I disagree, there’s always room to improve the wheel.
InType is a new text editor for Windows that I’ve been using for a few days now and I think it has enormous potential.
While not a direct copy, or even affiliated with the popular Mac text editor, TextMate, InType is “inspired” by and seeks to bring a TextMate-like experience to the Windows platform. With Vista borrowing some of its UI approach from OS X, I thought why not try out a Mac-inspired text editor?
The good news is that InType is very very fast. The bad news is that InType is very much an alpha product, it doesn’t even support undo yet — though that should be added in the next few days — and it’s not up for production use.
Since InType is brand new and lists itself as alpha I won’t go into a full review, but I did want to say that I found it to be quite stable. Of course InType is lacking in functionality, however what functionality it does have is easy to use and InType is fast and very enjoyable to use.
Judging by the activity in the InType forums, InType has an active and enthusiastic bunch of developers working around the clock to improve and add new features. There’s already support for TextMate-like bundles, it isn’t perfect by any means, but the basic functionality is in place.
I don’t suggest running out and trying InType just yet, but it’s definitely one to keep your eye on. For a visual preview check out the screenshots below.
