I was under the weather this weekend so I spent some time looking for a new text editor. I had a few requirements:
- File explorer
- ability to view differences between 2 files
- syntax support for Ruby
- pretty print features
I tried out CPad and it was very promising. However there is a little bug with CPad where the program will not close without killing it in taskmgr. I posted the bug on the CPad form and we will see if it gets fixed.
So I tried quite a few others but none had the features I listed above.
Then I came upon PSPad. It has the features I need plus the kitchen sink. This thing has everything from a color picker to an ASCII table to the ability to handle ruby embedded in HTML. Something only sophisticated IDE's are usually able to handle.
I'm still playing with the PSPad but I think it may replace my current favorite Crimson Editor and earn a place in the Pragmatic SDK.
Update:
Yes it does do Ruby fairly well. I must admit however that since ASP.NET 2.0 came out I haven't used Ruby or Ruby on Rails much. I'm exploring the new features of ASP.NET and C# and enjoying the new IDE.
See the comment below for enabling Ruby syntax support.