Vim is the answer to most troubles. Available for almost all unices and even win32. Has a nice graphical interface if you want it. The ability to display multiple files in standard term mode. Regex's and all other forms of joy all for free. | [reply] |
I use XEmacs. Emacs is ok too, but make sure you use cperl-mode
and not the standard perl-mode. Cperl-mode has vastly improved
support for good indentation, syntax highlighting, and a number
of other things. I'm pretty sure cperl-mode is included in latest
versions of XEmacs. If not, you can get it at
ftp://ftp.math.ohio-state.edu/pub/users/ilya/emacs/.
--ZZamboni
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If you're extremely lazy, you can just type them in as is, and use Data::Dumper to write them out to a file. It formats things very nicely.
(I'm extremely lazy.) | [reply] |
I use and love Nedit, you can get it from
www.nedit.org.
It has some cool features like Emacs does, but coming from
a windows background I found Nedit a lot easier to use
because the hot-key commands were similar to standard windows
utilities like DOS EDIT. But this is a hell of a lot more
powerful that DOS EDIT.
Also it has some really easy block highlighting/moving, syntax
highlighting, auto indention, and a lot more features.
It also has a macro language as does Emacs. | [reply] |
The emacs guru I know (who is out for a few days with a
broken foot) has rumored the existence of a perl interpreter
in emacs (called e-perl, or something) to "replace" elisp.
My face brightened considerably (since emacsen have never
correctly handled Perl indentation), but I have never
actually investigated (I usually hate to tinker with
tools, and text editors are tools).
Perl would be a much better Perl parser than lisp, don't you
think?
;-)
Russ | [reply] |
I'm quite fond of FTE myself...handles indenting hashes of hashes of hashes of.... just fine, has good syntax highlighting. About the only problem I've had w/ FTE is that its auto-indent can get confused by long paths occasionally. I use it every day as my primary editor. | [reply] |
I personally love jed. I can't remember where it's homepage is,
but a quick search on freshmeat.net will no doubt turn it up.
It has syntax highlighting for every popular program language (and
even some that I thought we dead). As an added bonus, the current
version works under X, the console, and even win32.
Brian | [reply] |
