On 25 Dec 2001, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > >>>>> "Anand" == Anand Ratnasabapathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anand> Can any one help me with a Nice Editor for > Anand> working on Perl-cgi, > Anand> Must be trial or freeware for me to test. > > GNU Emacs is free. Given that you're talking about 'trial' and 'freeware' I assume this is for Win32? There is a version of XEmacs for Windows, which I've used and have to admit is pretty good. It really looks and feels like XEmacs. You'll also be able to learn all your fancy key-mappings and take them straight over to Xnix boxes. Provided that emacs is installed, that is.
My second favourite windows editor is pfe which you could probably also search for. No special perl-friendliness, however I've used it with prolog and java in the past. You can set up macros to load things straight into a debugger or to start up a compiler, thus I don't see why you can't pipe straight to a perl -d session? There is also a version of vim which runs under windows, although I haven't personally tried this out; you might want to? VI is a standard editor on Xnix boxes and might be a useful tool to master if you're going to ever start working on native platforms - well not native, but UNIX based. I'm think it likely that the windows version may offer syntax highlighting under perl. You'll have to check the doccos: http://www.tqbase.demon.co.uk/mirror/vim/binaries.html Hope that helps? Merry Christmas, a day belated, :) Fiq -- Rafiq Ismail Software Engineer and Systems Administrator http://www.codix.net "All the best people in life seem to like Linux." - Steve Wozniak
