Don't read the thread @ Answer immediately VIM!!1
I've got Vim assemblage with config and plugins(and readme) for Rails development here https://github.com/vrybas/dotvim On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 10:26 AM, tonypm <tonypmar...@hotmail.com> wrote: > It is funny. The last time I followed a long thread about rails > editors, the enthusiasm seemed to be for emacs. So I installed it and > got used to it. It has some very good features, the first time I > installed it I had trouble setting up the packages I needed for rails/ > haml etc. But recently when I reinstalled my system, I discovered the > package manager, which makes that very simple. The ability to have > several panes open and switch between them is really handy. Emacs > also offers support for some rails functions like migrations etc. > > However, I do still struggle with remembering the key sequences. > > The emphasis in this current thread seems to be towards Vim. I did > try that some time ago and never really got it set up to do > highlighting correctly, (I do use vi quite a bit for simple file > editing on my linux boxes). Mostly what I want from an editor is good > highlighting, fast response and good indenting support. > > More recently, I saw Redcar mentioned and decided to give it a try. > It seems very promising. It handles highlighting well, but does lose > track quite easily. It was quite a large (although simple enough) gem > install process. It has a long start up time too, and does as > mentioned use a fair amount of resource. But as also mentioned, it is > very young, and hopefully it will continually improve. I am sticking > with it for the moment, but must say I am missing the emacs multi-pane > display. On the plus side, though the page/window presentation of > Redcar just seems cleaner. > > It is a fascinating subject. I wonder what research has been done > about what is important in a development editor. To me the visual > presentation is actually quite important to help me stay focussed on > what I am doing and where I am working in the file system. It is > quite hard to actually put my finger on what makes me comfortable. I > always found Netbeans made me feel like I was 'doing' ruby on rails > development - it sort of created a context. But it is just too > overweight, and I was quite pleased to switch to emacs. Emacs can > also help to give a feel of context, but I found it took a bit of > effort to grasp it, and sometimes I have to stop thinking about what I > am developing to figure out a key sequence I need eg for search etc. > I suppose on reflection, for me, the most important criteria is, what > editor allows me to just focus fully on the code I am writing without > being distracted by the editor itself. > > > Tony > > -- > 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-talk@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. > > -- 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-talk@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.
