From: Gene Tani <gene.tani@...>
Date: 2005-12-09T04:12:45+09:00
Subject: Re: What's your opinion? ArachnoRuby, Komodo, Eclipse/RDT, RadRails, etc.


Curt Hibbs wrote:
> There's been a couple really good threads that are still ongoing about Ruby
> IDEs in general and ArachnoRuby, Komodo, and Eclipse/RDT in particular. I've
> been following these threads very closely because I'm writing an article for
> O'Reilly on Ruby IDEs, and so far these threads have been really helping me
> collect information for this article.
>
> So, What I'd like to do is to consolidate everyone's opinion in a single
> thread both for my benefit, and your's, too.
>
> I'm mostly interested in cross-platform IDEs that are available on Windows,
> Linux and OSX. Of the IDEs that you have actually used. What are your
> favorite features of each one (especially those you find essential), and
> what things or omissions do you find annoying?
>
> I'd like to keep this discussions to real features that actually exist in
> today's IDE, and leave out stuff that we only wish would be there.
>
> Thanks,
> Curt

OK, promoting OS X snobbery, but i think of the (small) group of
python/ruby/C/perl-capable editors:

vim,(whatever kinda) emacs,komodo, textmate, jedit, eclipse
(Wing? Arachno?)

textmate has the nicest default syntax coloring, komodo and arachno
throw a lot of colors up (and Komodo doesn't quite get it 100%, e.g.
meth names in singleton and class method definitions, but it works
quite well):

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