http://www.purl.org/net/Alphatk
Tcl-based editor for C, C++, Tcl, Perl, LateX, HTML, CSS, Python, Java, + 30 or so other languages. Runs on Windows, Unix, MacOS and MacOS X, using Tcl/Tk 8.1.1 or newer. Maintained by Vince Darley.
Alphatk is available as a standalone executable on Windows and MacOS X, or as a cross-platform starkit.
Alphatk has had the ability to browse remote Wiki's (using the http package) for quite some time. Recently, it added the ability to edit pages on those Wiki's --- this means you are no longer limited by your browser's very poor text editing frames. When you click on the 'edit' link, Alphatk opens up the Wiki markup in a temporary window, and when you save the window, it is http-posted back to the Wiki it came from! See How to edit Wiki pages in Alphatk for details. Similarly you can use Alphatk to edit TIPs, and ftp sites remotely.
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Constructive comments and criticism on Alphatk are much appreciated. But please say what platform/window manager you are running on!
Hmm, that's interesting -- I don't know of any way to find out the practically-usable area of desktop space automatically (i.e. that which the OS hasn't grabbed for its own uses), but Alphatk does contain the ability to allow you to specify the menu bar size. Click on the Alphatk icon, and at the bottom of the system menu you will see 'resize', which allows you then to resize the menubar. Once the menubar is the size you want, go back to the menu and select 'fix size' and Alphatk will always remember that setting. Of course it would be nice to be able to do this automatically!