From: CParticle Date: 2007-05-04T01:10:06+09:00 Subject: Re: Enhanced Ruby editor On May 3, 11:32 am, Gregory Seidman wrote: > On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 11:45:05PM +0900, CParticle wrote: > > [...] > > > My needs listed below for the curious and to keep the alternate editor > > suggestions to a minimum > > * Lightweight (smaller is better) > > * Cross platform (I use linux at home) > > * Free > > * Multiple tabs for many open files > > * Handles a fair number of language for syntax highlighting > > * Customizable (color schemes and added shortcuts for svn use) > > Vim fulfills all of the requirements you've listed, and it's been my editor > of choice (counting vi before vim existed) for more than a decade and a > half. > > > Recently I was working with someone on some VBscript and I noticed a > > feature that I had forgotten existed in VBscript editors. That > > feature was a drop down box to switch between various functions. I > > know that VBscript is different from Ruby but I was wondering if there > > are any Ruby editors that have something similar to traverse class > > definitions or blocks or any of the other Ruby structures. > > > I imagine that a person might be able to customize SCITE to add a > > feature like this but aside from not knowing LUA I'm also a relative > > coding and Ruby novice. So I'm asking the group if anyone has seen or > > knows of something similar? > > AFAIK, Vim does not currently have a facility to do that. > > > C.Particle > > --Greg Greg, Thanks for you comment about VIM I have used it and currently have it configured to do Ruby Syntax highlighting. I don't use often as I'm mostly working from the GUI not in a shell but I do like it and the way does some things. I do know that GVIM exists to but I've never really been attracted to it as a GUI. The feature I was asking about was what I was really interested in. I'm happy with SCITE but I'm always looking at new software and I was interested in seeing a Ruby version of that VBscript feature. Again Thanks CParticle