Lj.rbIs Ruby IDE still heresy to ask for?
Lyosha Lopatin@ljgww_rb Rubymine may be?
@Lyosha I love JetBrains tools. They are magnificent. The price is the problem. I find it expensive.
James Adam@james @ljgww_rb My coworkers use Rubimine and have very good opinion about it. But some of them use vscode with additions and customized spacemacs me included. A lot of nice ide-features for ruby development already implemented in spacemacs. If you looking for completely free ide-experience for ruby development, i think, spacemacs could be suitable for you. Learning curve is quite steep but rewarding.
@Lyosha @james I am quite OK with VSCode too - its not really IDE but it is very close for some functions (e.g. syntax highlight, git ops, running the code). VScode runs on two systems that I currently use the most (Win and Lin). I sweared to myself around 2012 that I will successfully ignore Macs in spite that I happily used them for good 2 decades. I amnog giving them a dime more.
If VSCode continue to be friendly as it currently is, it may suck in all significant development.
If VSCode continue to be friendly as it currently is, it may suck in all significant development.
@ljgww_rb was there a failure message?
@james yea some components that are installed later failed. And overall it gives feeling of half working.
@james components run at startup (within emacs)
@james seems that I managed to install it with no errors (worked out differently, so cannot be 100% sure is working as expected). But what I got at the end is 100% unintuitive for me - still suspecting something may be wrong.
@james on restart. Nope. It does not work. Reports same errors on startup.
Some components seem to require Emacs v25 (i installed 24.5.1 according to documentation v24 shall work).
I will try to remove it.
Just read your message. Vim is not editor of my choice, I know to go around it for some 3 decades but I use it only if I must.
Some components seem to require Emacs v25 (i installed 24.5.1 according to documentation v24 shall work).
I will try to remove it.
Just read your message. Vim is not editor of my choice, I know to go around it for some 3 decades but I use it only if I must.
@james I am giving up for tonight. Will try to go one version up and see again if I manage to make it working.
Thank you for being there.
Thank you for being there.
@ljgww_rb @james Try to go through installation process precisely as it describe in readme in spacemacs github. I had problems with installation first time too. As you mentioned that vim is not your cup of tea - don't check evil-mode in the beginning when spacemacs start first time. If you send me dm with your email - I'll send you good book about emacs to begin with. Regarding errors - you definitely should try last emacs version: https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/issues/10983
@Lyosha @james Installed emacs 25.3.1 and then spacemacs configuration. Everything seems working except that it complains about font (SourceCodePro) not being available. Provided link leads to a github that provides a font that can be installed, I installed and works in other editors except in spacemacs - reason - font has different internal name so I guess spacemacs does not see it hence complain.
First impression: It killed menu from the top. And, I have absolutely no idea how to use it.
First impression: It killed menu from the top. And, I have absolutely no idea how to use it.
@Lyosha first screen is readonly nothing happens when I type. I can switch to scratch buffer and get stuck there. I type space, it gets typed....
@ljgww_rb it looks like you are in evil mode (vim-style editing). go to .spacemacs and change line dotspacemacs-editing-style 'vim to 'emacs. it's about 119-120 or so
@Lyosha here it is
;; One of `vim', `emacs' or `hybrid'.
;; `hybrid' is like `vim' except that `insert state' is replaced by the
;; `hybrid state' with `emacs' key bindings. The value can also be a list
;; with `:variables' keyword (similar to layers). Check the editing styles
;; section of the documentation for details on available variables.
;; (default 'vim)
dotspacemacs-editing-style 'emacs
according to this I am already in emacs mode.
@ljgww_rb if so, I think it's time for some emacs tutorial or the book 😀 . some keys for starters - https://gist.github.com/robphoenix/9e4db767ab5c912fb558
about menu - https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/issues/5508
about last question - yes, i think
@Lyosha I think I am stupid. As mentioned before. When I hit space, it gets typed.... it does not do any commands. But thank you for the list. It will come handy as quick ref i guess (when I switch from spacemacs to emacs classic)
@ljgww_rb after you press space, do you see menu on the bottom?
@Lyosha No i do not get any menu. Space gets typed on screen.
@ljgww_rb o, I see, it's emacs mode, not evil-vim mode. instead of space use ctrl-x.
@ljgww_rb I think it was the main one. see the book, I really enjoyed it, a lot of useful info about emacs there. spacemacs added some nice integrations, but it's emacs in it's core, so, quite everything about emacs is valid for spacemacs.
@Lyosha Thank you for the book - I will read it surely. Already glimpsed thru it. It is not beginner friendly - but probably it is friendlier than anything else I have read so far about the subject.
You know, I have read by now thousands of books, texts and manuals about programming and only few books will explain to people how program is structured (that source code is actually a set of lines that get parsed and executed/compiled in sequence). All programmers will say this is obvious. Its not.
@ljgww_rb I full-time work as a ruby developer over a year and only now read some in-depth things about how ruby actually work. It's not easy, you right.
@Lyosha it is not obvious for ones that do not know anything about programming.
Like this I see classic unix editors. I know about them for years (and decades) but I always seen them to be unfriendly. And they are - they can be powerful as hell and productive as steam machine - but this is nothing in comparison to be friendly.
I am not saying I do not want to learn. On the contrary. I will find my way around, but If I step on something friendlier I will move on.
@Lyosha another example. I learned AWK relatively recently. I have been ignoring it for years. Just because there was situation tha pushed me to - I learned it and helped my colleagues with their work, I helped myself with my work. I made lessons to teach everyone around me to use it and said - do not learn it and do not use it at your own peril and loss.
AWK is not so good. I can think of better variant today. But it is a tool that is useful since 1977 and still works - that is by now 41 years!
AWK is not so good. I can think of better variant today. But it is a tool that is useful since 1977 and still works - that is by now 41 years!
@ljgww_rb 😂 I can't even imaging for what porpoise you have to learn AWK. Of cause I didn't now about it except you mentioned it and then I google it 😄
@Lyosha AWK? It was simple request, we had to automate something on AIX that had absolutely noting else installed except Java in means of programming (not even a C compiler). And we could not ask for something else to be installed. But AWK was there sitting to be employed. So we used it, I learned it in 2-3 days. And you'd figure out that you already know half of it already !!!
Its time to sleep. Good night to all!
@ljgww_rb I switch from atom-sublime-vscode to spacemas about a year ago and did not regret at all. for my point of view it's a solid investing in productivity. And I personally like the fact it's completely free, it was free and will remain free even after my death. I like things with lasts 😄 .
@Lyosha I have Atom installed at work. Used it 3 times. Sublime i tried once and never again (and it was something you need to buy I believe). It was not that good to fork money for it. VScode I use sporadically for exotic programming languages or to check some C#.net code when I do not feel firing VisualStudio and need to see some piece of code. But mostly on windows I use Notepad++ and currently this is the most friendly editor by far for all side work (missing it on Linux). On Linux....
@Lyosha .... I tried almost anything that can be installed, compiled, hacked.
Did not find ideal one.
There are few good ones though some of them work in browser.
Did not find ideal one.
There are few good ones though some of them work in browser.