Re: Programmers Text Editor
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Kelly Clowers wrote:
> On Nov 3, 2007 2:02 PM, Richard <cms0009@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Looking to get into programming for linux,
>> would like to do: Java, Perl & Lisp
>>
>> What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work
>> or if needed to run 2 or 3 different editors that would be fine too.
>>
>> (please no: emacs or vi (or command line apps)
>>
>> wanting something that would be better than xcode on the mac,
>> which contain all libraries, and syntax for dozen of languages,
>> it just made it easier to type and see a drop down command choice,
>> from the contextual menu. with a built-in debugger..neat.
>
> I am not much of a programmer, and I haven't used XCode, but
> I don't think you will find anything comparable to XCode on Linux.
> OS X is developed entirely by one company from top to bottom,
> and it is guided by one man's vision. XCode is developed by the
> same company.
>
> "Linux", on the other hand, is a bundle of hundreds or thousands
> of separate parts, all developed by different companies,
> organizations, or individuals. Many of the components have the
> same or overlapping goals. "Linux" is a huge, messy ecosystem
> of software, and it would be just about impossible to create an
> IDE that is to Linux as XCode is to OS X.
>
> Anyway, besides the previously mentioned KDevelop, Eclipse
> and NetBeans, there is Ajunta (Gnome), IntelliJ IDEA (proprietary,
> costs $), JBuilder (costs $, built on Eclipse), and Komodo
> (free and $ versions). There are others but those are some of
> the most well known (also, each one of those does not
> necessarily support all of [Java, Lisp, Perl]).
>
Has anybody mentioned Geany yet? It is a lightweight compared with
some of the others, but is getting better.
Cheers
Frank
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