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Jean-François Moy
Fraise is a free text editor for Mac OS X Leopard 10.6 which is both easy to use and powerful. It is designed to neither confuse newcomers nor disappoint advanced users. It should work perfectly for a whole variety of needs - like web programming, script editing, making a to do list and so on.
Fraise has all open documents in a list with beautiful Quick Look icons to your left just like e.g. iTunes so you can easily switch between many documents - you can also choose to display them as tabs if you prefer it that way.
It is easy to program with Fraise as it colours the content in
It is easy to program with Fraise as it colours the content in
What's New
Version 3.7.3:
- [New Feature] Improved toolbar icons.
- [New Feature] New unsaved document icon.
- [New Feature] Snippets are now deactivated when no document is edited.
- [New Feature] Menu form representation for toolbar items to allow execution of associated functionality when toolbar is not fully displayed.
- [Translation] Corrections and improvements in French translations
- [Translation] Full Japanese Translation
- [Translation] Correction in Italian Translation
- [Bug Fixed] Printing a document no longer print only the first page.
- [Bug Fixed] Toolbar can now be used in Text only mode.
- [Bug Fixed] Improvements in parent directory search.
- [Announcement] Name changed for Fraise (to avoid confusion with Smultron, following a request of Peter Borg)
- [New Feature] New update system using Sparkle framework
- [Translation] French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Swedish translations updated. (Italian coming)
- [Bug Fixed] Doesn't switch to Fraise's space when opening a document in a different one.
Version 3.7.3:
- [New Feature] Improved toolbar icons.
- [New Feature] New unsaved document icon.
- [New Feature] Snippets are now deactivated when no document is edited.
- [New Feature] Menu form representation for toolbar items to allow execution of associated functionality when toolbar is not fully displayed.
- [Translation] Corrections and improvements more...
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later.
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later.
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| Version Downloads:57,068 |
| Type:Development : Editors |
| License:Free |
| Date:29 Mar 2010 |
| Platform:Intel |
| Price:Free |
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Fraise is a free text editor for Mac OS X Leopard 10.6 which is both easy to use and powerful. It is designed to neither confuse newcomers nor disappoint advanced users. It should work perfectly for a whole variety of needs - like web programming, script editing, making a to do list and so on.
Fraise has all open documents in a list with beautiful Quick Look icons to your left just like e.g. iTunes so you can easily switch between many documents - you can also choose to display them as tabs if you prefer it that way.
It is easy to program with Fraise as it colours the content in different colours depending on what the code does. And you also have many ways to search for words and line numbers to help finding the code you are looking for. You can also split the window in two to display two parts of the same document or to compare two different documents side by side.
You can also preview HTML files directly in Fraise and save snippets of text and insert them simply with a shortcut. And if you don't want to be disturbed by other applications or the desktop you can let Fraise cover the whole screen to let you concentrate on your work.
For the more advanced users Fraise can find all those system files that are normally hidden and it has authenticated open and saves for them. Fraise can also use regular expressions and it can run commands and scripts.
For all international users there is full support for all encodings and it is translated into many languages so you can use it in your own native tongue.
Fraise is based on Smultron, originally developed by Peter Borg.
It is easy to program with Fraise as it colours the content in different colours depending on what the code does. And you also have many ways to search for words and line numbers to help finding the code you are looking for. You can also split the window in two to display two parts of the same document or to compare two different documents side by side.
You can also preview HTML files directly in Fraise and save snippets of text and insert them simply with a shortcut. And if you don't want to be disturbed by other applications or the desktop you can let Fraise cover the whole screen to let you concentrate on your work.
For the more advanced users Fraise can find all those system files that are normally hidden and it has authenticated open and saves for them. Fraise can also use regular expressions and it can run commands and scripts.
For all international users there is full support for all encodings and it is translated into many languages so you can use it in your own native tongue.
Fraise is based on Smultron, originally developed by Peter Borg.
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Davidson69 reviewed on 18 Sep 2011
The big question:is this been abandon?
I am the developer of Fraise and it has indeed been abandoned. As I stated earlier, improving Fraise would have required a big rewriting of the actual code (what Peter Borg did with Smultron 4.0) and I don't see the point to have two really close softwares (Smultron / Fraise) now that Peter Borg has decided to continue the development.
I understand that Fraise is the open source and free alternative to Smultron, but there is so many free text editors out there nowadays that I think it would not bring too much interest if I developed Fraise further.
Thank you for your support.
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http://kriskhaira.com/portfolio/425/saskatoon
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Developer's website is unavailable...the domain appears to be for sale at Godaddy.com.
Did Smultron's developer somehow administer Fraise's coup de gras?
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https://github.com/jfmoy/Fraise
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https://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/fraise
"During these last weeks, I spent time designing and specifying the new version of Fraise. Indeed, I am not satisfied anymore by the internal organization and representation of documents (based on Smultron by Peter Borg). I came to the conclusion that the actual design is not flexible enough so I can implement the functionalities I have in sight.
Consequently, I am currently thinking of starting a completely new text editor that will not be a fork anymore, but a proper and independent software.
I will keep you informed very soon."
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http://bloggezmoy.com/2010/12/13/fraise-news-and-thoughts-concerning-the-development/
"Someone else is normally continuing the development of Fraise. I am no more involved in it."
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"I have no contacts with Peter Borg so I don’t know if he is going to start again the development or if he just wanted to make some money by releasing Smultron on the Mac App Store."
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Chillvisio reviewed on 03 Aug 2011
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DonkeyKong reviewed on 21 Jul 2011
Both are the best text editors.
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strauberry reviewed on 13 Jun 2011
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Morannon reviewed on 18 Feb 2011
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piccobello reviewed on 21 Dec 2010
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AlexHughy reviewed on 15 Dec 2010
But this is still by far the best editor for OSX.
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Big-Mac-XXL reviewed on 04 Sep 2010
The saga continues ...
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