#: Brock Weaver changed the world a bit at a time by saying on  8/24/2005 4:51 PM :#
> I apologize for the cross-post, but I thought it would spur a good
> discussion on both lists.
> 
> I'm looking for a good editor for doing ruby / rails development. 
> Here's my requirements:
> 
> *  Cross platform.  I spend days on XP and nights on Suse, with occassional OS X
> *  Multiple Document Interface.  SciTe's single doc interface just won't do
> *  Debugging = not needed.  Just a good editor
> *  FreeRIDE = no go.  Doesn't respect my mouse speed
> *  Emacs = no go.  I'm a vi guy, but not for this situation
> *  Teh snappy.  Startup time doesn't matter, text editing does
> 
> What I'd really like is something like the windows-only TextPad
> application for linux.
> 
> I've been leaning towards Eclipse, but haven't tried it out yet -- any
> ruby / rails plugins for it?
> 
> tia
> 

ArachnoRuby: http://www.scriptolutions.com/ruby/ruby_ide_and_ruby_editor.php
Suppored on Windows and Linux (MacOS support is not released yet).

Multiple Document Interface: avail
Debugging: avail
Snappy: full avail

:alex |.::the_mindstorm::.|