Programming editor on Linux

bman

Not sure if this should be here or in the Programming forum but thought I'd get more responses here; please move if appropriate.

I've moved my work laptop over to solely Linux and it's working pretty well so far. My main issue is the lack of (or at least I haven't seen it) a decent programming editor. I used to use Notepad++ (mostly Javascript work these days) and it had a lot of useful features. The closest I've seen in Linux is Scite, but it's not quite as good imo.

Any suggestions for good alternatives to Notepad++? Preferably something that works well with Javascript, Java, C++ and Python.

Cheers.

Skrynesaver

Eclipse seems the obvious choice, more IDE than editor, ocasionally use it for large projects otherwise I tend to stick to vim, syntax highlighting, auto indentation, folding, etc... all present and it's present everywhere

croo

I mostly use eclipse too... but for small editing tasks I use jedit. It's got alot of plugins available that can extend it to most jobs.

dioltas

Try bluefish.

Or notepad++ with wine if you like it.
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=2983
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/nppLinux.php

Naikon

Vim is probably the best editor out there if you are
willing to learn a bit about it. Otherwise Bluefish or Gedit.

Herbal Deity

VIM!

ravydavygravy

+1 for vim

Some useful settings here: http://diabolicalorsmart.com/tech/my-vimrc-file/

Herbal Deity

I'd like to mention that you shouldn't be put off by vim's apparent complexity. It's not hard, just different. And once you've gotten over the learning curve, you'll never want to go back.

bman

Thanks for all the suggestions lads. I've been putting off learning vim for a long time now but maybe I should give it a right go. It does seem very hard core. Don't know how I'll manage without my mouse .

Does it do autocomplete and good syntax highlighting for the languages I mentioned above?

Thomas_S_Hunterson

There's emacs as well, pretty standard on all GNU/Linux installs.

Naikon

bman wrote: »

Thanks for all the suggestions lads. I've been putting off learning vim for a long time now but maybe I should give it a right go. It does seem very hard core. Don't know how I'll manage without my mouse .

Does it do autocomplete and good syntax highlighting for the languages I mentioned above?

Gvim has full mouse support. It should work well in a GUI enviroment.
'Vimtutor' should get you up to scratch in a short space of time.

Khannie

vim me bollix. Eclipise is ok but a total memory hog.

ravydavygravy

bman wrote: »

Thanks for all the suggestions lads. I've been putting off learning vim for a long time now but maybe I should give it a right go. It does seem very hard core. Don't know how I'll manage without my mouse .

Does it do autocomplete and good syntax highlighting for the languages I mentioned above?

I don't believe it does autocomplete out of the box, but I might be wrong, since I never had reason to find out (not a fan of autocomplete)

The thing about vim, is that its easily extendable with scripts - check this tutorial out:

http://www.techrecipes.net/linux/enable-vim-auto-complete.html

Dave

Naikon

Khannie wrote: »

vim me bollix. Eclipise is ok but a total memory hog.

NetBeans isn't bad either. Haven't tried it out in a while though.

Herbal Deity

Khannie wrote: »

vim me bollix.

n00b

Khannie

Get out of it you.

FruitLover

Khannie wrote: »

vim me bollix.

I'll see your "vim me bollix" and raise '"vim me bollix" me bollix'.

dioltas

:wq :pac:

Naikon

dioltas wrote: »

:wq :pac:

:ZZ:pac::pac:

bman

I've been trying out (g)vim for the past two days and I'm getting the hang of it (slowly ). I had used it before and knew the basics but and now getting to grips with more advanced features.

Not sure I see the benefit of gvim over vim tbh; in fact I actually rather vim from a terminal because I can still right click and copy / paste, whereas in gvim this doesn't seem to be possible.

I'll give it 2 weeks and see if I feel it's worth sticking with rather than the more common GUI orientated editor.

Thanks again for all the suggestions.

ravydavygravy

bman wrote: »

I've been trying out (g)vim for the past two days and I'm getting the hang of it (slowly ). I had used it before and knew the basics but and now getting to grips with more advanced features.

Not sure I see the benefit of gvim over vim tbh; in fact I actually rather vim from a terminal because I can still right click and copy / paste, whereas in gvim this doesn't seem to be possible.

I'll give it 2 weeks and see if I feel it's worth sticking with rather than the more common GUI orientated editor.

Thanks again for all the suggestions.

Only advantage I know of for gvim is that it works on our windows servers :-)

niallb

If vim brings you out in a rash, you can put some cream on it.

bnt

I quite like SciTE for Python, though I'm not exactly a heavy user.

petronius

Eclipse if it is a large project and you want the full power of an IDE

Or Vim as an editor (just takes time get the handle of commands and modes and hittin escape all the time)
the gui version with colored text for the languages is easy to work with

dioltas

The handy thing about vim imo, is you can open a text file edit it, and save it in about 2 seconds like. For quick changes it's unreal, vim /etc/whatever, quick edit, :wq, done.

Compared to menu, applications, text editor, a second for it to open, file, open, browse, browse, quick edit, file, save, quit...

Just my opinion!

Herbal Deity

In fairness...

Double click text file, quick edit, Ctrl+s, Alt+F4.

Naikon

Herbal Deity wrote: »

In fairness...

Double click text file, quick edit, Ctrl+s, Alt+F4.

The vi method is closer to the home row though.

I am addicted to vim to the point where I refuse to use any other
editor for serious work. I even use Gvim on Winboxen.