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I'm actually looking for a simple editor that works on all platforms, doesn't look totally like ass, and is easy to use. I'll then change things up so people j

by zedshaw 17y ago

I'm actually looking for a simple editor that works on all platforms, doesn't look totally like ass, and is easy to use. I'll then change things up so people just install that. Basically a GUI cross platform pico would be perfect.

nfnaaron 17y ago
evim (vim in -y easy mode) is cross platform and simple (as I mentioned in an email I just sent to you).
isthisaquestion 17y ago
gedit is cross-platform and pretty easy to use. I never tried the windows port though. It doesn't look totally native on OSX but it's not bad.
- gtt 17y ago
  windows version as good as the linux one
  - kingkilr 17y ago
    It's my primary editor on all 3 platforms, I'd definitely recommend it for beginners.
frio 17y ago
There's TextMate on Mac, and e-texteditor for Windows (which is a port of TextMate)... but that leaves Linux high and dry until the developers finish porting it there too. It requires cygwin under Windows too :/. Other than that, there's SciTE, which is quite nice. Notepad++ on Windows is a derivative thereof.
- chbarts 17y ago
  Nedit http://www.nedit.org/ http://www.nedit.org/ might be too much like ass for you, but it's pretty simple in the default state and isn't just a GUI wrapper around a character-terminal editor.
grncdr 17y ago
I second gedit, just installed it on my Mac, and it doesn't look like complete ass. (It does however use GTK for file open dialogs etc. so that might put other people off?)
- Tichy 17y ago
  Hasn't Apple somehow killed GTK on Snow Leopard? There was something that made gvim stop working, so I had to switch to mvim. Sorry can't remember the details, but gedit might be hurt, too? Or was that just a MacPorts problem?
  - dchest 17y ago
    gedit works well on Snow Leopard.
Flow 17y ago
Won't Idle work for that?
jules 17y ago
I recommend Scite. It has syntax highlighting and runs the program and displays output when you press F5, and the UI is very similar to notepad.
- Adrock 17y ago
  I second Scite. My favorite features are the ability to print with syntax highlighting and copy to the clipboard as RTF with syntax highlighting.
earcar 17y ago
What about Komodo Edit? http://www.activestate.com/komodo_edit/ http://www.activestate.com/komodo_edit/
bcl 17y ago
gvim no, really. The basic vim commands are easy. As with python you can ignore the more advanced topics until you are ready to take advantage of them. It has a GUI interface so users used to pointing and clicking will feel comfortable.
bwh2 17y ago
Wing IDE 101 might work: http://www.wingware.com/wingide-101 http://www.wingware.com/wingide-101

by zedshaw 17y ago

nfnaaron 17y ago

evim (vim in -y easy mode) is cross platform and simple (as I mentioned in an email I just sent to you).

isthisaquestion 17y ago

gedit is cross-platform and pretty easy to use. I never tried the windows port though. It doesn't look totally native on OSX but it's not bad.

gtt 17y ago
windows version as good as the linux one
- kingkilr 17y ago
  It's my primary editor on all 3 platforms, I'd definitely recommend it for beginners.

frio 17y ago

There's TextMate on Mac, and e-texteditor for Windows (which is a port of TextMate)... but that leaves Linux high and dry until the developers finish porting it there too. It requires cygwin under Windows too :/. Other than that, there's SciTE, which is quite nice. Notepad++ on Windows is a derivative thereof.

chbarts 17y ago
Nedit http://www.nedit.org/ http://www.nedit.org/ might be too much like ass for you, but it's pretty simple in the default state and isn't just a GUI wrapper around a character-terminal editor.

grncdr 17y ago

I second gedit, just installed it on my Mac, and it doesn't look like complete ass. (It does however use GTK for file open dialogs etc. so that might put other people off?)

Tichy 17y ago
Hasn't Apple somehow killed GTK on Snow Leopard? There was something that made gvim stop working, so I had to switch to mvim. Sorry can't remember the details, but gedit might be hurt, too? Or was that just a MacPorts problem?
- dchest 17y ago
  gedit works well on Snow Leopard.

Flow 17y ago

Won't Idle work for that?

jules 17y ago

I recommend Scite. It has syntax highlighting and runs the program and displays output when you press F5, and the UI is very similar to notepad.

Adrock 17y ago
I second Scite. My favorite features are the ability to print with syntax highlighting and copy to the clipboard as RTF with syntax highlighting.

earcar 17y ago

What about Komodo Edit? http://www.activestate.com/komodo_edit/ http://www.activestate.com/komodo_edit/

bcl 17y ago

gvim no, really. The basic vim commands are easy. As with python you can ignore the more advanced topics until you are ready to take advantage of them. It has a GUI interface so users used to pointing and clicking will feel comfortable.

bwh2 17y ago

Wing IDE 101 might work: http://www.wingware.com/wingide-101 http://www.wingware.com/wingide-101