A Ruby IDE: Why TextMate Is Close Enough

Posted by kev 9 hours ago

Recently Tim Bray posted a list of things he has found that Ruby needs. One of these things is an IDE and he provides a list of useful things one would do for us. I’m not sure if Tim has tried TextMate, but if you’re aware of the right features it turns out to almost be exactly what he’s looking for. The remaining features might be implemented by the right group out in the Lazy Web (do these things and we’ll all be grateful). Anyway, here’s interesting things you may have missed about TextMate in the context of Tim’s wish for an IDE.