On 09/02/2017 12:21 PM, Tom Browder wrote: > My Linux user group is setting up one desktop computer and one laptop > computer for lending to our local library as an educational resource for > folks who want to explore what Linux is all about. We are using Debian > 9 for now. > > I am open to any suggestions for standard packages we should add. I have > already installed gcc and friends as well as Scilab, R, Perl 6, and some > other stuff, including emacs. > > I would especially appreciate other ideas for programming editors for > novice programmers.
If you are setting it up with Gnome, the included gedit isn't half bad and pretty easy to use. A quick check for C, Python, Go, R, and Perl shows useful and appropriate highlighting of comments, strings, functions, and the like. Tom Dial > > Thanks. > > Best regards, > > -Tom