web development text editors for ubuntu

September 1, 2007

now that i got the server and preprocessor running, i need to have programs to write programs with. the following are the most likely a minimalistic programmer would want, well.. at least this is what i want.

clean interface- not too much toolbars and panels.
syntax highlighting- show me which is which with just one look.
syntax check- this one is just to spice the program a bit, not necesarry.
macros- of course.
tabbed editing- another of course.

gPHPedit
it’s like gedit, with lesser stuff in it. has a more powerful syntax highlighter, specifically for HTML and PHP. got the cleanest interface i’ve found. got macros of course. and can check your code, not sure if this syntax check works properly, but i really don’t care much. got tabbed editing of course.

sudo apt-get install gphpedit

Screem
well this is the next best thing, but it still kind of bulky for me. it’s got about 2 toolbars and a splitpanel, you can turn this stuff off if it’s too messy for you, like me. got macros. tabbed editing. it has an average syntax highlighter, very close to gedit, does not highlight two languages at once, like XHTML+PHP. i think it has ftp or live editing, something like that. i don’t remember seeing a syntax checker in there, but maybe it has. if you didn’t like gphpedit, then you’d want to try this.

sudo apt-get install screem

i’m also trying VIM+Screen right now, it’s kind of hard to learn, but it surely has a fast workflow, so there, that’s also worth a try. i think it’s defaultly installed with ubuntu, otherwise…