TinyMCE or CKEditor ok for the clients - but what for the coder ?

I guess this must have been asked before but couldn't find much on the net and it really burns in my head.
Do you guys really code your websites in modx with TinyMCE or CKEditor
In my opinion they are ok for clients who need to edit some text or pictures on a page but not for a coder.
TinyMCE and CKEditor are lacking essential coding features such as auto-tag-closing and auto-completion for html - php and css.
Right now I am using TinyMCE more like a coding administrator. I only put there chunks, snippets, tv's and placeholders.
The real coding I do outside modx with BlueFish which is a real cool ide for websites and more. But my question now is, how do you
code with a third-party ide and get your written code in that, inside modx ?
Would copy and paste be the only way ?
Is the editing field of TinyMCE or CKEditor the ONLY place that can hold your written code ?
How do you link up a third-party ide directly with modx ? It would be so great (for everybody)
if somebody could port BlueFish inside modx. Any hints on how to do that ?

Here's a golden nugget for all of us to code your projects : (yes, all that, and opensource too)
http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/features.html

http://www.bennewitz.com/bluefish/stable/binaries/

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CodeMirror or Ace plugins. Also "It's All Text" add-on for Firefox; there are similar add-ons for other browsers.

Also "It's All Text" add-on for Firefox;

With this I finally can link my favorite editor with the modx resource edit field, without even porting anything to modx. You have no Idea how you have made my newbie day !













I just checked, this works for both editing off-line and on-line !
Lots of thanks
Brian.




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Susan thanks for posting these I did a little more searching and found these apps that run in the OS (since I don't use FF)

Windows: http://www.listary.com/text-editor-anywhere

OSX: http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/quickcursor