Continuing our ongoing text editor roundup for OS X, I am pleased to report that SubEthaEdit 3.1 has just been released. The world’s best collaboration text engine just got better. SubEthaEdit now supports:

• Automatic port mapping making communication over the internet easier—no manual configuration required
• Inviting your iChat buddies
• Friendcasting—the ability to connect to a friend’s friend.

To get a better sense of this see, the Coding Monkeys screencast. It is a pretty major feature upgrade for a point one release. SubEthaEdit 3.1 also includes an improved LaTeX mode.

New versions of BBEdit and SubEthaEdit are available.

BBEdit 8.7 includes improved code folding, LUA support, the ability to open the terminal. Interestingly, there seems to be an attempt to institute TextMate-style snippets, a method for “smart” text insertion:

Clippings—previously known as “the Glossary”, Clippings provide an easy way to capture and re-use frequently needed bits of text. Placeholders and embedded script invocation make it easier to add automation and “smarts”. A new Clippings menu and improved “Insert Clipping” command provide quick access to your existing clippings and easy creation of new clippings

SubEthaEdit 2.6.5 is a bug fix release.