What is the closest thing to Windows notepad on the Mac? [closed]

What is the closest thing to Windows notepad on the Mac?

I'm using Leopard.

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TextEdit is included with OS X.

You can change it to Plain Text (Format > Make Plain Text) for non-RTF text editing, or make Plain Text the default (Preferences > Format).

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If you want simple text editing, use TextEdit.

For code editing, one of the best choices is TextMate.

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As already stated, TextEdit is the notepad of OS X (although a more powerful notepad that is). For more advanced stuff, TextMate (already recommended) is very nice. A nice free and famous alternative is Bare Bones's TextWrangler.

You can do pretty much with either.

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FYI - you can default TextEdit to plain text when it opens:

• Goto preferences
• Under Format, click on "Plain Text"

Can't believe it took me this long to figure that out

Editra for Mac is simple, free, open-source, highly configurable. All in all, it's my favorite Windows Notepad replacement for the Mac.

I recommend Textmate, that works out-of-the-box just like notepad, plus you can activate (if you wish) more and more functions.