From: Suraj Kurapati <snk@...>
Date: 2007-01-19T13:39:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby text editor for beginner

Shawn W_ wrote:
> 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.

Have a look at VimMate before going to Vim. It's just a wrapper around 
Vim that provides a nice console and file management GUI. Plain, simple, 
works for me ;)

> What's left? Any simple text editor for Ruby that meets my 3 must have
> requirements?

How about jEdit with:

* RubyPlugin

http://rubyjedit.org/

* EditorScheme plugin (use dark color schemes: dessert, dark brine, 
etc.)

see example: http://www.eadz.co.nz/blog/article/ruby-rails-jedit.html

* SuperAbbrevs plugin (just like the famous TextMate you see in Rails 
screen casts):

http://www.ifakedit.com/log/2006/02/19/jedit-tutorial-a-how-to-on-abbreviations-superabbrevs-in-html-ruby-on-rails-and-more/

http://synthesis.sbecker.net/articles/2006/03/20/jedit-snippets-for-ruby-on-rails

With these awesome plugins, I feel jEdit is the equivalent of TextMate 
that's made for the rest of us. ;)

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