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From: The NewGuy on 18 Jun 2008 04:38
In article
<NOwebmasterSPAM-40DECC.11280017062008(a)freenews.iinet.net.au>,
Eric Lindsay <NOwebmasterSPAM(a)ericlindsay.com> wrote:

> In article <siegman-8D1C2E.06560716062008(a)news.stanford.edu>,
> AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote:
>
> > In article
> > <NOwebmasterSPAM-3BA5D0.17062616062008(a)freenews.iinet.net.au>,
> > Eric Lindsay <NOwebmasterSPAM(a)ericlindsay.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Provided that you are using TextEdit in Rich Text, and have the Wrap to
> > > Page enabled, you should find a small Zoom box at the bottom right hand
> > > corner of TextEdit. You can select any of many different magnifications
> > > (I think the default is 100%)
> >
> > Note how, when you do this, the contents magnify, but the enclosing
> > window doesn't; you have to separately hand-magnify it to view all the
> > magnified content.
> >
> > Anyone have any idea why doesn't Apple do a better job on this primary
> > user tool?
>
> I have found the green magnify (zoom) button very close to useless.
> Indeed, I think the red, amber and green buttons are essentially a waste
> of space. Perhaps it would be different if I came from a Macintosh
> background.
>
> it is a pity that TextEdit does not seem to provide any convenient means
> to set the default magnify level to anything except 100%
>
> if you find TextEdit of use for rich text (I mainly use it for plain
> text, not rich text), then it is almost certainly worth looking at Bean
> http://www.bean-osx.com/Bean.html
>
> Bean uses the same NSText object as TextEdit, saves in the same format,
> and has all the other TextEdit facilities, but has more functionality as
> a low end rich text editor. It is all Cocoa, free, and is open source.
> Hard to dislike it.

Except when I switched from Bean to another program, then came back to
my multi-page document in Bean and it wasn't where I last left it. I
had to scroll up or down to find my place again. Bizarre. Its kind of
a hassle when you're floating between a text editor and other programs,
hundreds of times a day. Quite intolerable. Other than that, Bean was
great.
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