From: Vicente Reig <vicente.reig@...>
Date: 2005-08-25T00:52:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Good cross-platform IDE / multiple document text editor for ruby / rails?

Hi,

I have been using jEdit (http://www.jedit.org) too for all my projects
under Java, PHP, C/C++ and now Ruby and I feel very comfortable with
it, but Eclipse and it's Ruby Development Tools seems to be cool and
multiplatform, although RDT plugin looks very young yet.

If you want to give a try to Eclipse, there is a quick setup tutorial
at (and download a 100MB zip file O:-) ):

http://dathompson.blogspot.com/2005/07/rails-on-eclipse-31.html

Best regards, Vicente.

On 8/24/05, Michael Neumann <mneumann@ntecs.de> wrote:
> Brock Weaver wrote:
> > I apologize for the cross-post, but I thought it would spur a good
> > discussion on both lists.
> >
> > I'm looking for a good editor for doing ruby / rails development.
> > Here's my requirements:
> >
> > *  Cross platform.  I spend days on XP and nights on Suse, with occassional OS X
> > *  Multiple Document Interface.  SciTe's single doc interface just won't do
> > *  Debugging = not needed.  Just a good editor
> > *  FreeRIDE = no go.  Doesn't respect my mouse speed
> > *  Emacs = no go.  I'm a vi guy, but not for this situation
> > *  Teh snappy.  Startup time doesn't matter, text editing does
> >
> > What I'd really like is something like the windows-only TextPad
> > application for linux.
> 
> On Linux, I can strongly recommend Kate or KDevelop. Maybe someday (with
> QT4) they will be available on Windows, too.
> 
> > I've been leaning towards Eclipse, but haven't tried it out yet -- any
> > ruby / rails plugins for it?
> 
> Personally, I had no good experience with Eclipse.
> 
> Regards,
> 
>    Michael
> 
> 


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