From: Bob Hutchison <hutch-lists@...>
Date: 2009-04-10T11:25:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby editor for linux

Hi,

On 8-Apr-09, at 11:01 AM, Juan Zanos wrote:

> Does anyone have any suggestions  for a Ruby editor on Linux?   I  
> usually use TextMate on the mac.    I'm running Kubuntu and I've  
> tried Kate, Emacs, and vi.   At least with the default setup I can't  
> say I'm very productive editing Ruby code with any of them.
>
>


Vim (not vi) or emacs, according to your preferences, are essential.  
There are some things that will always be easier in one of those  
editors.

If you asked me last week, I'd have said something along the lines of:  
if you like TextMate give gedit a try (http://grigio.org/pimp_my_gedit_was_textmate_linux 
). Some people I know use it and like it, but I never have, so I don't  
really know. I know some people who like NetBeans, I don't personally,  
but it'll probably be worth a look.

As of this week I'm taking a real liking to RubyMine (beta build 820,  
now 824) (http://www.jetbrains.com/ruby/index.html). IntelliJ, so far,  
is the only IDE-like editor that ever kept me away from vim for any  
period of time. Very nice. RubyMine is a Ruby 'version' of IntelliJ.  
Nowhere as advanced as IntelliJ, but with the same point of view. It  
has improved dramatically in the last several months (I gave up on the  
beta around build 450 or something). There's something of a learning  
curve on this thing, kind of like vim or emacs, so don't be jumping to  
conclusions after flailing around for a few minutes -- check out the  
screen casts and the all of the tips-of-the-day (in the help menu).  
Now, having used it for 20-30 hours, I'm thinking I'm going to be  
*very* happy with it.

Cheers,
Bob

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