From: "Shawn Wa..." Date: 2007-01-18T23:38:00+09:00 Subject: Ruby text editor for beginner I'm looking for a simple text editor for Ruby to work under WinXP SP2. Must have: - syntax colouring (of course) - an incorporated window that shows your code working, even when your code requires gets input - option to turn background to black and adjust colours accordingly (would be nice to have a "convert to black" button, or even better, default black background). Could have: - folder navigation and "projects" - ability to open more than one Ruby file with tabs - autocompletion of code I've tried Scite but couldn't get the incorporated code working window working when your code required input. I was directed to a fix which I tried but the fix did not fix it. There's was no option to turn the background to black anyway, so I abandoned it. I tried FreeRIDE. Had the option to turn the background to black, but no black background convert button. Had multifile open tabs. Had folder navigation and projects capabilities. Had a code working window, but I couldn't get this one working either. Went to their website and there was mention of problems in windows - supposed to work fine in Linux though. I liked FreeRIDE but one of my top 3 requirements was broke so I've put it aside. Looked at vim and emacs through some nice screencasts. A little too complicated for my purpose at this early stage of my Ruby career. I can see myself ending up using either of these eventually though. Found Arachno and Ruby in Steel, but alas I don't own Visual Basic and won't be buying it just to run Ruby code. What's left? Any simple text editor for Ruby that meets my 3 must have requirements? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.