Eric Barstad of HTML Editor Reviews has posted a review of Coda. Sentiments run pretty much along the same lines as other folks, but he calls out a gripe that I also had:
When I column select text, the selected column isn’t highlighted; rather, the entire lines are highlighted, which can be quite confusing (this might be just my system — I’m using Synergy to share a Windows keyboard and mouse with my Mac Mini).
No, it’s not just your system, Eric, that’s how Coda does it. While it’s definitely confusing at first, I have found it does have advantages; by selecting entire lines, it allows you to do column edits throughout the entire block, rather than just a specifically selected column (I was surprised how often I did edits within the entire block and not just what I had initially intended).
Still, this might be something worth setting as a pref for users who prefer “real” column selection (way down the line, though, after trivial things like site-wide find/change and Clips key binding are added).
Thanks for clarifying about the blockedit feature, and how Coda highlights the selection. Good to know it’s not my system.
[...] — I’m using Synergy to share a Windows keyboard and mouse with my Mac Mini. EDIT: CodaLova has pointed out it’s not my system, but how Coda actually does it, so that you can edit throughout an entire [...]