| Requires: | fxruby/1.0.20(+) | platform independent gui |
| Requires: | iterator/0.8(+) | hmm |
| (+): no such version | ||
AEditor is an ubercool programmer’s editor, written entirely in Ruby and very easy to extend with your own customizations.
Changes and Features
With this 1.6 release, the following operations has been added: Jump to matching parentesis, goto buffer top, goto buffer bottom, goto linenumber. Improved robustness.
If you happen to be an expert in Fxruby, please take a look at the todo-list and see if you can help solve some of the issues:
If you make any changes or have any ideas, please share. Email me with any suggestions you have :)
Installation Procedure
The easiest way to install aeditor and its dependencies is through rpa-base, the port/pkg manager of the Ruby Production Archive.
1. Installing Fox Toolkit 1.0.X
(WARNING) DON’T INSTALL FOX 1.2.X !
- On Gentoo, you can find it under /usr/portage/x11-libs/fox
- In Debian, you’ll need to: root$ apt-get install libfox1.0-dev
FOX may be elsewhere on other platforms; you might be able to find it in your system’s package manager.
2. Installing RPA
download thisfile and install. After installation, be sure to update rpa-base:
root$ rpa update
root$ rpa install rpa-base
3. Installing AEditor
root$ rpa install aeditor
AEditor is now installed, and you may start it by typing:
prompt$ aeditor
Installing the Dotfile
The syntax coloring rules are described in the dotfile; if it’s missing, no syntax coloring will take place. You will need to fetch this config_file and place it in $HOME/.aeditor .