From: Curt Hibbs <curt.hibbs@...>
Date: 2005-12-09T04:18:12+09:00
Subject: Re: What's your opinion? ArachnoRuby, Komodo, Eclipse/RDT, RadRails, etc.

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On 12/8/05, Gene Tani <gene.tani@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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 articl=
e
> for
> > O'Reilly on Ruby IDEs, and so far these threads have been really helpin=
g
> me
> > collect information for this article.
> >
> > So, What I'd like to do is to consolidate everyone's opinion in a singl=
e
> > 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), an=
d
> > 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):
>
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2005-December/313693.html


Actually, I'd say that ArachnoRuby throws up a lot of colors. Komodo is
fairly conservative in its use of color.

Curt

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