Re: Perl Editors?
by bobf (Monsignor) on Apr 11, 2007 at 15:03 UTC
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This question comes up from time to time, so there are already quite a few responses archived away on the dusty shelves of the Monastery. You can use Super Search (or Google) to find them. For example, I used Super Search to find nodes that contained "editor" and found these two right away (both written about 1 month ago) (search results):
Update - Here are a few more:
On another note, monks typically frown on soliciting email responses to posts, since that deprives future users of the site the opportunity to learn from your question.
HTH
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Re: Perl Editors?
by Old_Gray_Bear (Bishop) on Apr 11, 2007 at 15:33 UTC
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I have grown rather attached to Vim. It runs on all three environments I routinely use (Solaris/FreeBSD UNIX, Linux and two different Windows variants). I can set up the same macros and hot-keys in all three environments, so I don't have to remember where I am working on at the moment, just open and edit.
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Re: Perl Editors?
by cdarke (Prior) on Apr 11, 2007 at 15:05 UTC
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5.8 version of perlfaq3 lists some Personally I use Textpad. | [reply] |
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You can add on snippets, syntax coloring, et al. Really lightweight solution, loads quickly etc. Of course, it is not an IDE, so no debugger. ActiveState Komodo has a good debugger and you can use it for both Perl and Python.
Tobin
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Wow. I was just writing a message like "TextPad is dead, don't use it", but I've checked the site and it looks like they've released v5 after all these years :p I wonder what new features (if any) it has...
Btw, I recommend Komodo.
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I bought a license for TextEdit 4 a few years back, but although it is fast and nice to have around, I never really loved it. I also switched to OSX at home recentlty and haven't really found a text editor I like, though JEdit comes closest. It is cross-platform and has a few useful plugins for perl, but it works best with a big screen. My MacBook's screen isn't really big enough for it if you a lot of plugins.
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Re: Perl Editors?
by nega (Scribe) on Apr 11, 2007 at 18:45 UTC
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Re: Perl Editors?
by Mutant (Priest) on Apr 11, 2007 at 15:00 UTC
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You can try the EPIC plugin for Eclipse. It adds Perl support. It's pretty good, have been using it for the last few weeks. Not as feature rich as the Java stuff, but lots of nice things (e.g. it picks up syntax errors immediately, and I have developed a heavy reliance on the "outline" to jump around functions/methods within a file). | [reply] |
Re: Perl Editors?
by cormanaz (Deacon) on Apr 11, 2007 at 15:05 UTC
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I use Activestate Komodo. It's a complete IDE. It also has a nice GUI debugger, which I would be totally screwed without. They have windoze/Mac/Linux versions.
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Re: Perl Editors?
by jfluhmann (Scribe) on Apr 11, 2007 at 15:09 UTC
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Windows or Linux? I've used PSPad on Windows. If you're still interested in Eclipse (with EPIC), there may be a talk on it at this year's YAPC::NA. We're announcing the schedule on April 30th, so you might check the YAPC::NA 2007 site then.
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Re: Perl Editors?
by johngg (Canon) on Apr 11, 2007 at 15:55 UTC
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Re: Perl Editors?
by ww (Archbishop) on Apr 11, 2007 at 20:53 UTC
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"...best perl editor..." ???
"best" is what works well for you.
Now, I'm prejudiced. I was a big-spender (v 4.95, US$20 then; v5.2, US$30 now) and went for the "pro" version...and I'm also staying in (loose) touch with their folks, from whom came the news that they'll soon (for some unknown value of "soon") upgrade NoteTab's current (PCRE version 7) regex support to a full Perl version.
NoteTab already offers a great set of "clips" (plugins/modules/libs, if you prefer one of those labels), including one that will give you syntax highlighting. It's lightweight and quick.
So would I recommend anything different? No, not unless an integrated debugger is critical.
You have quite a list of choices in responses above this node, but FWIW, remember, for some time at least, changing editors will involve climbing the learning curve, so "best for you" may still be what you're already familiar with. | [reply] |
Re: Perl Editors?
by friedo (Prior) on Apr 11, 2007 at 15:00 UTC
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Pardon the shameless self-promotion, but... with Sepia! ;)
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Re: Perl Editors?
by swampyankee (Parson) on Apr 11, 2007 at 17:05 UTC
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Like friedo, I like GNU emacs or xemacs, with some preference for the latter. I also like vim.
Editor preference is very subjective, so I would suggest that you use a few and find out which one you like most.
emc
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Re: Perl Editors?
by Marza (Vicar) on Apr 11, 2007 at 17:47 UTC
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