# Real IDE for os-x **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 23, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/real-ide-for-os-x/69712 "2006-09-23T03:12:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/real-ide-for-os-x/69712/1 "2006-09-23T03:12:47Z")
hi - i just switched to a mac and was wondering about IDEs. this is not for rails dev, just plain ruby apps. people seem to rave about textmate, and while its awesome compared to notepad on windows, its not really an IDE. looking for these basic things (maybe i missed out on some hidden features?): arachno on the PC had most of the below, but theyre mostly a PC tool - list of functions (at least for your current open file) - dropdown possible methods for library (or your own) classes eg if i type file. i want to have “open / read” etc popup - goto method defintion - after compile/run, jump straight to error line thanks for any pointers. ## /dc * * * ``` David "DC" Collier ``` [mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) +81 (0)80 6521 9559 skype: callto://d3ntaku ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/real-ide-for-os-x/69712/2 "2006-09-23T03:26:48Z")
On Sep 22, 2006, at 8:12 PM, dc wrote: > people seem to rave about textmate, and while its awesome compared to > notepad on windows, its not really an IDE. Well, I’m a TextMate fan, so I’ll comment on how I use it to do these things… > - list of functions (at least for your current open file) The lower right hand corner of the TextMate editing window has a symbol menu for this, but see below for an even better solution. > - dropdown possible methods for library (or your own) classes > eg if i type file. i want to have “open / read” etc popup In TextMate, we handle this with completions: [http://macromates.com/textmate/manual/working\_with\_text#completion](http://macromates.com/textmate/manual/working_with_text#completion) and snippets: [http://macromates.com/textmate/manual/snippets#snippets](http://macromates.com/textmate/manual/snippets#snippets) > - goto method defintion Apple-shift-T. Type an abbreviation for your method and press return. The matcher is quite clever so typing s-w-r can take you to save\_without\_revision(). > - after compile/run, jump straight to error line This is very doable with a TextMate command using HTML output. I show an example of how to do this (for Ruby) in the TextMate book: [http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/textmate/index.html](http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/textmate/index.html) The example is in the beta portion of the book that has already been released. It needs a slight tweak to work with the latest version of TextMate. Replace the e\_pre() call with a call to htmlize(). I will fix this in the next beta. The beta chapters also have great coverage of snippets, which I mentioned above. James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/real-ide-for-os-x/69712/3 "2006-09-23T19:53:38Z")
Reprisal wrote: > I use RadRails and I personally like it. It has come a long way in terms of stability and features. Most importantly, I am able use VI key mapping as my editor. I have been curious of TextMate, though. Is there any way that I can emulate VI in TextMate? steve ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 11:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/real-ide-for-os-x/69712/4 "2006-09-25T11:03:34Z")
> Posted by dc (Guest) > on 23.09.2006 03:12 > > hi - > > i just switched to a mac and was wondering about IDEs. > this is not for rails dev, just plain ruby apps. A real IDE for Ruby & Mac OS X seems to be Komodo > **[Komodo IDE By ActiveState - One IDE for All Your Languages](https://www.activestate.com/products/komodo-ide/)** > > Code faster with Komodo IDE from ActiveState. Best multi-language IDE for today's web languages - Python, PHP, Perl, Golang, Ruby and more. Also worth a look may be [http://kate.kde.org/](http://kate.kde.org/) A forum search though may turn up even more options! Cheers, Verno ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 12:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/real-ide-for-os-x/69712/5 "2006-09-25T12:37:55Z")
I’m new to emacs, but I’m certain it can be made to do what you want it to do… 🙂 Plus, the ECB is pretty fly. M.T. ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/real-ide-for-os-x/69712/6 "2006-09-25T19:51:27Z")
Try RDT for eclipse from [www.rubypeople.org](http://www.rubypeople.org). Its a ruby plugin and is required by radrails which adds rails support to eclipse. ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 10:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/real-ide-for-os-x/69712/7 "2006-09-23T10:53:07Z")
TextMate is all that and a bag of chips, like any powerful tool, there is some learning curve to take full advantage of. Use it for everything and explore a lot and i expect you’ll be very pleased. If that doesn’t work for you, you could check out http:// [www.radrails.org/](http://www.radrails.org/) . Personally i can’t speak to its quality as the only thing that disappoints me about TextMate is that i’ve only just begun to utilize its potential. You can learn a lot about TextMate from Allan’s (and others) screen casts. p.s. Looking forward to the book James! ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 10:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/real-ide-for-os-x/69712/8 "2006-10-18T10:43:26Z")
I use RadRails on my PC and TextMate on my Mac for straight Ruby development. TextMate is lean and I really like that. I needed something for Windows and RadRails was the best option for me. Context (www.context.cx/) would work if it were a bit smarter about Ruby. Lorenzo ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 10:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/real-ide-for-os-x/69712/9 "2006-10-18T10:43:26Z")
I’m comfortable with eclipse but assumed radrails is very geared toward Rails dev. using it for a simple ruby file i thot would be difficult, the IDe expecting a framework… it also doesnt seem to have things like “jump to this method definition”… that some other eclipse plugins (eg for PHP) have. its just a few little niggly things like this that make life a drag. /dc On 23/09/06, divemountain [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > p.s. Looking forward to the book James! ## – ``` David "DC" Collier ``` [mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) +81 (0)80 6521 9559 skype: callto://d3ntaku