This is discussion has been very helpful to me: I'm learning Rails (and Ruby), so far I've primarily been using Emacs and command line. But I also I had given NetBeans (and a couple of other IDEs) a brief try on the off-chance that I was missing out on something that I would like to have.
I found that Emacs and shell window works well for the way I work, though. :). I'm using EmacsW32+nXhtml (see: http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/nXhtml/doc/nxhtml.html#summary) and a shell window. :) On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 15:55, Marnen Laibow-Koser <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > Because console editors are great for text-only environments, but are > less generally usable than GUI editors. I love Emacs in SSH sessions or > for quick edits in the Terminal, but I go nuts very quickly when I have > to use it on a GUI box. There are many things that simply work better > with a mouse and a menu-driven interface. No console-only editor can > give me that, and therefore no console-only editor is suitable to use on > a GUI box by my standards. (No, Xemacs is not the answer -- it sucks.) Interesting. I'm of almost opposite mind: I prefer to use emacs on a GUI platform; I hop back-and-forth between being in a "keyboard only" mode when doing stuff in emacs to "mousing, mouse cut-n-paste, etc." mode when I flip to some other window. If I have to use emacs in the non-gui environment, I feel locked in, and if it goes on for very long, I'll find some way to switch to a gui environment to do the work. On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 22:23, Agoofin <thebserv...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't use it to run the server or do the tests but for the simple > pleasure of jumping between controller method to view just cannot be > beat. Indeed. That was one thing I was looking for when I trying out NetBeans. I was finding that the way the files are arranged for a Rails application and switching amongst them in dired was painful. On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 22:23, Agoofin <thebserv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Windoze - try Notepad++, very lightweight and easy to use. A good recommendation. Its lightweight, follows the windows paradigm, has syntax highlighting that is easily configurable. It tempted me away from Emacs for a while. :) On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 22:23, Agoofin <thebserv...@gmail.com> wrote: > But in the end, it's your preference. Find something you're comfortable with > and go with it. Very true. Requires a fair bit of investment of time, also. Trying out new IDEs, editors, tools, working in them long enough to determine whether they help or hinder the way you work, and then learning the one you like more thoroughly. -- As I write this, I'm trying to recall what I didn't like about NetBeans, and realizing I can't explain precisely, which makes me wonder if I should try it again more objectively. :) Iain -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
