Alpha is a text editor, just as powerful and configurable as [Emacs], but having Tcl as extension language instead of lisp! 90 percent of Alpha's functionality is written in Tcl, so it is very easy to tweak it and extend it. The AlphaTcl library (http://alphatcl.sf.net) is nearly 20000 lines of Tcl code, full of gems and useful tricks. What: Alpha Where: http://www.maths.mq.edu.au/~steffen/Alpha/AlphaX/ http://alphatcl.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/projects/alphatcl Description: Alpha is a Macintosh shareware Tcl programmable editor. AlphaX requires [MacOS X] 10.2. Updated: 04/2005 Contact: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alphatcl-users ---- See also [AlphaTk], [Vince Darley]'s reimplementation in [Tk] --- it runs in [unix] and [windows] too! ---- Joackim Kock: "Alpha's [Tcl] mode is really nice with [syntax] colouring, automatic indentation, [comment] handling, keyword and variable completion, templates insertion, many navigation features (e.g. Cmd-double- click on a proc name and be taken to the place where that proc is defined), and seamless integration with the built-in Tcl interpreter (or an external one if you prefer). . . . Alpha would benefit from getting new Tcl-competent users. The development of Alpha seems to have stagnated a little bit, but each time there is some feedback and suggestions, there is a burst in development activity..." ---- [Category application] | [MacOS]