Reid Thompson wrote in post #894443: >> gvim and notepad++ are offered >> >> Yea, but they are good general editors, I want something more >> Ruby oriented... >> > > http://homepage2.nifty.com/sakazuki/rde_en/ For similar functionality in Vim, check out the Screen[1] plugin which sends text from a Vim buffer or selection to any console application running inside a chosen GNU Screen session (and therefore supports any REPL you want). It even takes care of starting up a new GNU Screen session for you, if you're lazy! In particular, if you run `irb` or `ripl` or `pry` in your GNU Screen session, then sending text from Vim to that session makes this whole arrangement a powerful Ruby-oriented IDE. [1]: https://github.com/ervandew/screen -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.