From: James Dinkel Date: 2008-08-12T04:34:31+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby IDE Martin Krauskopf wrote: > James Dinkel wrote: > > My problem with Netbeans is it was too big > > Download size (of 6.5dev) is 賊 55MB. We bundle JRuby which also > increases size a bit. We are planning kind of lightweight Ruby IDE > without JRuby, Glassfish, etc. as a choice. Unless I was mistaken, it required the JDK which is like another 100MB. > > definately not portable > > Not sure what you mean by this. If OS portability, we run Linux, Mac, > Windows, Solaris, .. . What I meant was being able to copy it to a USB flash drive and just plug it in and run the program. I keep RadRails (switching to the EasyEclipse stuff I mentioned) and a program called Flash Rails (http://flashrails.rubyforge.org) on my USB drive and I can have my complete Ruby development environment anywhere. I think Eclipse probably requires the JRE, but I almost never come across a computer without the JRE. I can run everything from the flash drive, even with restricted user permissions, and leave nothing behind on the computer. I don't know if this is/was an intended usage of RadRails and/or Eclipse, but it has been very handy for me. It lets me easily move between home and work (or anywhere else), and I've even had the opportunity to plug it in and show it to some non-Ruby developer friends. James -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.