Nedit: Improvements? Replacements
Ok, so I've downloaded and installed nedit. Its EXACTLY what I'm looking for in a programming environment; lightweight, nice syntax highlighting, and lots of customizability. But I'm wondering if there are similar apps out there that outdo nedit-- I don't mind if they eat up more resources.
Things I'd like: -transparent (tinted) background, maybe a gtk interface, basically more bells and whistles :) Also - what in your opinion, is the best font for programming? -thanks |
My personal preference is jEdit [www.jedit.org]. It's a very mature editor (just released version 4.2), with a TON of features, and a ton of plugins to add even more features. The other nice thing -- since it is java based, you know that no matter what system you are working on, you can be using jEdit (so you don't have to learn/customize 2 different editors for 2 different environments).
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There is a ton of nifty plugins for Java development, but I even do my non-java programming in it. EDIT: You can have a transparent/tinted background with the use of the "background" plugin. Another essential plugin is FTP. Open/Save files seemlessly over FTP or sFTP. |
Looks great! But two problems....
In Solaris, I can't seem to get transparency working..Not sure why. It works with the other programs. Also- I haven't noticed anything for pascal. Is there a next best thing? -thanks |
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If it was the first, I found that you probably have to go up to Plugins->Plugin Options and modify the Background plugin such that the blend color is the same as your background (mine is black), and modify the tranparentcy/opacity setting to your desire. As for Pascal, I know jedit support pascal syntax highlighting. What exactly are you looking for regarding pascal? |
Hmm,,I looked for pascal syntax highlighting. Could not find it.
Oh - and as for transparency, I was thinking of something like a transparent terminal window with emacs running, so that you could see the background, but not necessarily other windows.. -thanks |
Pascal is listed as a supported mode for syntax highlighting. Typically what you have to do is save the file you are working on, and jEdit will detect the extension and syntax highlight based on that. I don't know of anyways to turn the syntax highlighting on without saving, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was a way.
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