# E Texteditor

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/e-texteditor/92520>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 20, 2007, 9:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/e-texteditor/92520 "2007-04-20T09:05:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sean\_McFarland](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@Sean\_McFarland](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sean_McFarland)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 9:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/e-texteditor/92520/1 "2007-04-20T09:05:53Z")

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Hello,  
In my continuing review of various IDE’s, I’ve come across E  
Texteditor  
for Windows. Though not free like others (notably jEdit), it is still  
rather  
cheap at under $40. Has anyone tried / use this on a regular basis for  
Ruby  
and, if so, what is your take on it?  
Thanks in advance,  
Sean

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**Author:** ![Sean\_McFarland](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@Sean\_McFarland](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sean_McFarland)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 9:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/e-texteditor/92520/2 "2007-04-20T09:20:55Z")

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On 4/20/07, Sean McFarland [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hello,  
> In my continuing review of various IDE’s, I’ve come across E Texteditor  
> for Windows. Though not free like others (notably jEdit), it is still rather  
> cheap at under $40. Has anyone tried / use this on a regular basis for Ruby  
> and, if so, what is your take on it?  
> Thanks in advance,  
> Sean

I’ve been using it for a couple of months for Ruby stuff and I think  
it’s awesome.

From what I hear it pales in comparison to TextMate on the mac (the  
app that its aping), but alas, some of us are stuck doing work on the  
dominant desktop platform. (thats a joke, please don’t start a flame  
war)

From what I’ve read it’s actually going to be free throughout the beta  
period so I’d say there’s no reason not to check it out.

hth,  
-Harold

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**Author:** ![Sean\_McFarland](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@Sean\_McFarland](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sean_McFarland)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/e-texteditor/92520/3 "2007-04-20T14:53:54Z")

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E _is_ TextMate for Windows, and the author of E has worked quite  
closely  
with the author of TextMate to make sure that bundles work on both  
editors.  
E obviously doesn’t have every little feature of TM yet, but it’s  
getting  
there.

It’s a 30-day free trial, I suggest you check it out, especially if you  
are  
a TextMate lover and cannot use a Mac.

Jason