From: Phrogz <gavin@...>
Date: 2006-09-23T23:50:15+09:00
Subject: Re: what is the best ruby editor?

Edward wrote:
> What free editors for Ruby are there which have debugging,
> intellisense, syntax coloring and the regular macros, etc.? What do you
> guys use?

No offense, but please search the mailing list/newsgroup archive for
your answer to this question. This comes up once every few months (or
more frequent). There are many very, very long threads about the 'best'
editor for various platforms, and the features you describe.

That said: TextMate is my personal choice. It doesn't do what you
describe wanting, but it does what you really want. :) James' amusing
description of TextMate as a teaser for his book[1] is pretty accurate:

"With TextMate you can do your normal work, but signal the
ever-watchful ninjas as you go. At your command, they will launch into
action, slicing through text, building repetitive structures of data in
the blink of an eye, and much more. They will even post to your blog,
handle your IRC conversations, and read your email."

[1] http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/textmate/