From: Ned Konz <ned@...>
Date: 2002-04-04T07:10:26+09:00
Subject: Re: TextPad replacement for Linux?

Joel VanderWerf wrote:

> If you're looking for a GUI editor, there's Nedit (www.nedit.org). It's
> got the best feel of any mouse-based editor I've ever used. I've used it
> on linux and solaris, but it supposedly runs on anything with an X
> server.
> 
> I've been using nedit with ruby for the last year and a half, and have
> made it comfortable with syntax highlighting and a few macros (search in
> RAA for nedit).
> 
> It's got a built in macro language that's kind of like awk. I wish
> they'd use ruby, which would potentially allow embedding an irb shell,
> ruby debugger, etc.

Or you could just use Vim, which can use Ruby (or Perl, or Python) as a 
scripting language.

Version 6.1 just came out.