From: Tim Hunter <cyclists@...>
Date: 2003-06-30T21:37:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Editor like Textpad on Linux?

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:19:32 +0900, Dominik Werder wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm developing at the moment on a windows machine with textpad, the best
> editor I've ever seen :)
> But now I'll switch on a linux desktop for a project and would like to
> know if there is something like textpad for linux. I know that vi and
> emacs are very often used, but I miss the really cool sidebar where
> textpad lists all open files. You just (single-)click on it and then you
> can continue editing at the position where you've stopped. I'm sure thats
> also possible on linux but I don't know how...
> 
> thanks for your help!
> Dominik
If you're running KDE, try Kate. Good Ruby syntax coloring support.