Editors

[Danx]

Hi,

Been looking for a programming editor to use for Linux programming for a while now but haven't found anything yet. I don't really mind emacs or vi, I'd just prefer something simpler with syntax highlighting and customisable colours.

Jedit is probably the closest thing to what I want, but it has an annoying bug where the text is all in different positions even though they have the same column position. I'm in the middle of updating jdk and jedit to the latest of each but am looking for another editor in case this isn't sorted (it's very very annoying).

I looked at nedit but don't know if I have motif on my system (still very much a newbie :) ). Any suggestions on a nice editor?

Cheers,
Danx

[X_console]

Vim and Emacs both come with syntax highlighting and as far as I know, you can edit the colors in Vim.

[GaryJones32]

emacs is really the bomb of programming editors.
It is so functional on GNU/Linux I can't imagine doing any better.
Give a try at setting it up and using it.
It takes a while but you will never go back once you realize what it will do.
You will be AMMAZZED
Without any mouse pumping and lightning fast.

[scanez]

Originally posted by GaryJones32
emacs is really the bomb of programming editors.
That would be true...if vim didn't exist :p

But yeah, both emacs and vim can do syntax highlitghting and anything any other editor can do. Take a while to learn, but once you do and have everything configured to your taste, programming is much nicer :)

<subliminal message>vim,vim,vim</subliminal message>

[bigrigdriver]

Go ahead and give nedit a try. If you don't like it, you can always remove it. It comes with Motif, so there's no need to worry if you don't already have it. If I remember the install directions correctly, it will first search your box to see if you have Motif, and, if not it will install Motif from the package.
I use it for writing code for school. I like the syntax highlighting. I intend to keep on using it until I get a handle on emacs (slow going for me. must be a slow learner.)