Hi everybody

I’m trying to decide which will be my next (and new) text editor and the decision, at the end, is between Sublime Text 2 and Chocolat.

So, I’m just asking to you, what should I choose? (I know that, obviously, everybody will point at ST2, but I would like also to know why I should choose it)

P.S.: What I’ll do with the text editor is mainly HTML, CSS, PHP and Javascript, I think. At least, for now.

Thank you!

Both editor’s allow you to try before buying so that is a good place to start. I only tried Chocolat for a few minutes before deciding it wasn’t for me. I think sublime offers a lot more features and expandability via plugins. Chocolat had a pretty interface. I’ve also read Chocolat isn’t as fast for syntax highlighting or opening large files.

I used Sublime Text 2 for about 3 months part time before deciding to make it my full time editor.

I think Chocolat’s USP is the emphasis on “Mac-like” GUI conventions. ST2 is decent Mac app, but has some concessions due to being multi-platform.

ST2 is likely more powerful, but also a bit more fiddly.

My gut feeling is that ST2 will be around and supported for longer because it appears to be quite the commercial success. As long as Jon doesn’t “pull a MacroMates”.