![]() ![]() Never leave me, because I’m never leaving you. Top notch customer support, to say the least. I’m sure he’s heard enough from me to last him a lifetime, but he’s always super friendly and very accommodating. The developer is *extremely* responsive to feedback and goes way out of his way to track down bugs and incorporate features based on user input. This has a knock on effect of making other development tools like Working Copy and Textastic even more useful than they already were. To make things even better, Secure ShellFish also allows remote server access as folders in the Files app. The ssh experience is second to none, with outstanding tmux support and a super well thought out user interface and user experience. Indeed, this app is something that Apple would never do for the iPad, and that says a lot about both Apple and the developer of this app. But even if they don’t, apps like Secure ShellFish and Anders’ other app Working Copy get us so very close that the iPad truly becomes a server admin and web development dream tool. Our thanks to Textastic for sponsoring MacStories this week.Sometimes I get tired and depressed and think Apple will never fully let us realize the potential of iPadOS. To learn more about Textastic and what it can do for your code editing needs on the iPhone and iPad, visit, to download a copy today. Dark mode has been improved too, allowing users to select a separate code editor theme and keyboard appearance and preview Markdown using a dark color scheme. ![]() With the release of version 9.3 in June, Textastic gained new keyboard shortcuts for code comments, a setting for automatically inserting a matching closing character for parentheses, square brackets, and curly brackets, code awareness that allows for automatic indentation based on syntax context, an adjustable line height setting, and a setting for displaying the selected line indicator in a document’s gutter. The app is regularly updated and maintained too. With robust search and replace that supports regular expressions, keyboard shortcuts that are customizable, and support for Git repositories using Working Copy, it’s the most powerful code editor you’ll find anywhere with a long list of features, including support for the Files app, drag and drop, printing, iCloud Drive, Split View, multiwindowing, context menus, and a whole lot more. Because Textastic supports tabs, you can even have multiple files and SSH terminals open simultaneously. You can manage remote file transfers with FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Dropbox, and Google Drive and there’s a terrific, full-featured SSH terminal built right into the app. Textastic goes well beyond the features of a classic text editor, though. The app is compatible with Sublime Text and TextMate syntax definitions too. Textastic is also a full-featured Markdown text editor that includes a built-in web server and Safari support for previewing your work. Textastic handles highlighting for HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, C, C++, Swift, Objective-C, Java, LaTeX, Python, Ruby, Perl, Lua, and dozens more. ![]() The app’s versatility starts with its extensive support of syntax highlighting for more than 80 programming and markup languages. Textastic is the most complete and versatile code editor available for your iPad and iPhone.
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