i use kate, cause is simpler, is free, it just has hightlight for ruby, it has no complemetnation , i was learning vim but the trouble i found, was it a kind dificult to move to another file, i just use cd, to go the directory then vim file.rb to see it.
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Jason Lewis <jasonlewi...@gmail.com> wrote: > LOL to the entire thread... > I love requests for editor recommendations... even though back in the Eder > Time of USENET, they were usually trolling to start a flame war. > I'm firmly in the Vim camp of this holy war. I will say, GEdit has come a > long way, and at work, where I use OS X, I made them buy me a TextMate > license. > It's nice to see a civil discussion of editors... it's so rare that it > happens. > That being said, I'll contribute my favourite old jokes from the Editor > Wars: > EMACS stands for: > Esc Meta Alt Ctrl Shift > -or- > Eight Megs And Constantly Swapping (this from the days when 8 megs was a > LOT.) > Jason Lewis > > Email jasonlewi...@gmail.com > > > AIM canweriotnow > Facebook http://www.facebook.com/canweriotnow > > > On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Vladimir Rybas <vladimirry...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. 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