From: jonty Date: 2008-05-20T06:54:47+09:00 Subject: Re: Q: IDE and FAQ? Just a little note to say don't forget SciTe - I am still fond of this and am doing all my Camping with it! Kyle Schmitt wrote: > Darryl, I'm glad to hear they got a little better with the SVN > support. I recall some serious headaches with it. Shame RDT isn't in > good shape now. > > > FreeRide is awfully sad. It was a lovely idea of an ultra-minimalist > ide. You could also try arcadia, but I don't belive it's very mature > yet. > > --Kyle > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Darryl L. Pierce wrote: > >> Kyle Schmitt wrote: >> >>> I'm going to put in another plug for NetBeans. I've been using it for >>> ruby coding since the release candidates for 6.x. Mostly I use it in >>> linux, occasional on OSX, and I used to use it a ton on my windows box >>> at work. It's very consistent across platforms, and since leaving the >>> rc stage, very stable. The big plus for me over eclipse, is the >>> straightforward subversion and cvs support. >>> >>> Eclipse is supposed to work across all platforms also. Though I've >>> never tried it on OSX, one of my old profs uses it in an OSX lab for >>> his java programming classes. The UI is significantly faster than >>> NetBeans, if you're using a slow machine. The downside is that comes >>> across as fragile, ruby support is installed as a plugin, and using >>> subversion and cvs required jumping through several hoops. >>> >> For me, on Linux, this last part is easy: CVS support comes with Eclipse and >> Subversion support comes by installing the subclipse RPM or grabbing that >> plugin. But, I've not had any luck getting a Ruby plugin for Eclipsie. The >> one I saw was RDT and that's now a commercial product. :-/ >> >> >>> Long long ago, there used to be an ide written in ruby, using fox gui >>> toolkit called FreeRide. It was slick & cool, but crashed hourly. I >>> miss it, and wonder if it's gotten it's life together enough not to >>> crash... maybe worth checking out. >>> >> Downloaded it recently. It wouldn't even start. Tried it on both platforms >> with the same results. :( >> >> -- >> Darryl L. Pierce >> http://mcpierce.multiply.com/ >> "Bury me next to my wife. Nothing too fancy, though..." - Ulysses S. Grant >> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.21/1454 - Release Date: 19/05/2008 07:44 >>