editor for perl

[wimvanherp]

I just started with perl on windows and i want to know if there are good (and free ?) editors wich are better suited for the use of perl then the standard editor of windows .


Wim Vanherp
Wim.Vanherp@belgacom.net

 

[quebasic2]

Go get a copy at perlvision.com.

 

[icrf]

I'm a fan of UltraEdit. It's shareware, but pretty versatile as far as any programming goes. You pretty much just need a text editor with syntax highlighting and indent control features. The rest is personal preference fluff.

Go to

http://www.ultraedit.com

and download the trial. I really love it. You can download/create syntax highlighting files for other types, too.

The windows ports of the unix editors might be nice, too, though I haven't used them.

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[JustKIDn]

What you want is 'Open Perl IDE'

http://open-perl-ide.sourceforge.net/

It's free, it's made for Perl and it works great.


tgus

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[sherzodR]

I love editplus!

http://www.editplus.com

It cost $30 when I purchased it about 3 years ago, but it is worth it.

P.S. Speaking of editors, there is the clash of editors quickvote running at

http://author.handalak.com

Donate a click, if you can

 

[wimvanherp]

Thanks a lot guys, I' ll try it out.

Wim Vanherp
Wim.Vanherp@belgacom.net

 

[nationavon]

Jedit is the bomb.

http://www.jedit.org

Nathan

 

[wimvanherp]

I tried the open-perl-ide, but when I try to compile I get the following error (in helloworld.pm)
afterwards it is not possible to compile anymore and the icon stays in the taskbar.
do you have any idea tgus ?


No DB:B routine defined at C:/Perl/lib/File/Spec.pm line 4.
Compilation failed in require at perl5db.pl line 40.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at perl5db.pl line 40.
Compilation failed in require.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.

Wim Vanherp
Wim.Vanherp@belgacom.net

 

[wimvanherp]

Forget my last question tgus. I found out that I needed the patch for perl 5.8.
It really looks to be a great program !!

Wim Vanherp
Wim.Vanherp@belgacom.net

 

[JustKIDn]

Hi Wim,

I'm glad you like it. It's one of the only ones listed here so far that is FREE and a true IDE.

You can do a lot of cool things with it.

The thing I like the best I think is the ability to 'walk' throught the code line by line and check the value of variables by hovering the mouse over the variable name.

So often when things aren't working as expected, you'll find that the wrong value is in a variable. And that makes it so much easier to fix whatever the problem.

Nathan,
I looked at jEdit too. I like some of the features it has to offer. However, it does act and feel like a java program. It's a little slow sometimes.

As an editor I think I might add it to my collection of software tools. But it's not a true IDE so I probably won't be using it to write perl scripts.

tgus

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