-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Nov 3, 2007 2:02 PM, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Looking to get into programming for linux, >> would like to do: Java, Perl & Lisp >> >> What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work >> or if needed to run 2 or 3 different editors that would be fine too. >> >> (please no: emacs or vi (or command line apps) >> >> wanting something that would be better than xcode on the mac, >> which contain all libraries, and syntax for dozen of languages, >> it just made it easier to type and see a drop down command choice, >> from the contextual menu. with a built-in debugger..neat. > > I am not much of a programmer, and I haven't used XCode, but > I don't think you will find anything comparable to XCode on Linux. > OS X is developed entirely by one company from top to bottom, > and it is guided by one man's vision. XCode is developed by the > same company. > > "Linux", on the other hand, is a bundle of hundreds or thousands > of separate parts, all developed by different companies, > organizations, or individuals. Many of the components have the > same or overlapping goals. "Linux" is a huge, messy ecosystem > of software, and it would be just about impossible to create an > IDE that is to Linux as XCode is to OS X. > > Anyway, besides the previously mentioned KDevelop, Eclipse > and NetBeans, there is Ajunta (Gnome), IntelliJ IDEA (proprietary, > costs $), JBuilder (costs $, built on Eclipse), and Komodo > (free and $ versions). There are others but those are some of > the most well known (also, each one of those does not > necessarily support all of [Java, Lisp, Perl]). >
Has anybody mentioned Geany yet? It is a lightweight compared with some of the others, but is getting better. Cheers Frank -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHLPoozWG7ldLG6fIRAv4bAJ9Erv1I9kZUPNSF8MmHC1/oZTFDpQCgxSoe 8kJYPoVX/vK9cgBzG9W9zvg= =mXHG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
