A good editor for Perl sources

juliosergio has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Do you know of any good editor, in Linux, for Perl sources?
This is because neither Emacs nor Gedit highlight your code well when using the -> operator for references. Both tend to interpret the rest of your source code as a string!
Thanks,
-Sergio.

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Re: A good editor for Perl sources by choroba (Cardinal) on Feb 28, 2012 at 00:21 UTC
I use Emacs for Perl scripting. I have no problems with the arrow operator. What major mode did you use? I recommend `cperl`.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: A good editor for Perl sources by LanX (Saint) on Feb 28, 2012 at 00:25 UTC
I second this cperl-mode is far better than the default perl-mode. @OP: try `M-x cperl-mode` if you like it we can show you how to make it your default for perl. Cheers Rolf	[reply] [d/l]
Re: A good editor for Perl sources by ambrus (Abbot) on Feb 28, 2012 at 11:59 UTC
This question comes up so often it's a sitefaq (not a Tutorial or Categorized Question as it should be): see Code Editors and Development Environments.	[reply]
Re^2: A good editor for Perl sources by Neighbour (Friar) on Feb 28, 2012 at 12:34 UTC
It could do with an update, I'm missing notepad++ and Kate.	[reply]
Re^3: A good editor for Perl sources by ambrus (Abbot) on Feb 28, 2012 at 14:15 UTC
It links to Perl Development Tools which has some information about those editors. That node too, is a bit outdated.	[reply]
Re^4: A good editor for Perl sources by LanX (Saint) on Feb 28, 2012 at 14:55 UTC
Re: A good editor for Perl sources by GrandFather (Saint) on Feb 28, 2012 at 00:06 UTC
I've not used it to any extent (I use Komodo which is very good, but not cheap), but many people like Padre. True laziness is hard work	[reply]
Re: A good editor for Perl sources by trizen (Hermit) on Feb 28, 2012 at 00:13 UTC
Personally, I use Geany. It has a very good syntax highlighting.	[reply]
Re^2: A good editor for Perl sources by davido (Cardinal) on Feb 28, 2012 at 01:18 UTC
I also use Geany as my GUI-oriented editor, both on Windows and Linux. I like that I don't have to think about different shortcuts when I switch between environments. And feels light-weight; doesn't get in the way. I'm not a big fan of elaborate IDE's. I do some work in MS Visual Studio (non-Perl-related stuff) and for all its bells and whistles I still wish for simplicity. Dave	[reply]
Re^3: A good editor for Perl sources by LanX (Saint) on Feb 28, 2012 at 12:18 UTC
does Geany support correct/automatic code-indentation? When I took a look into it 2 weeks ago I wasn't able to figure out how. >I like that I don't have to think about different shortcuts when I switch between environments. indeed an ugly problem, I solved it by resetting/aliasing the usual control keys in emacs to mainstream - like x,c,v,a,z,f - which was tricky because I needed to elaborate some DWIM decisions to support the old functionality. And most people have such problems of conflicts with "muscle memory" of there fingers. E.g. I know people who try making there Firefox behave like VI with add-ons like vimperator. Cheers Rolf	[reply]
Re^4: A good editor for Perl sources by Anonymous Monk on Feb 28, 2012 at 12:37 UTC
Re^5: A good editor for Perl sources by LanX (Saint) on Feb 28, 2012 at 12:53 UTC
Re^4: A good editor for Perl sources by The Perlman (Scribe) on Feb 28, 2012 at 18:30 UTC
Re: A good editor for Perl sources by tobyink (Canon) on Feb 28, 2012 at 01:04 UTC
SciTE is good. There are always going to be some cases that confuse Perl syntax highlighting but in my experience SciTE is usually closer than most.	[reply]
Re: A good editor for Perl sources by perl.j (Pilgrim) on Feb 28, 2012 at 00:23 UTC
I use the Vim editor as it is simple yet EXTREMELY powerful. --perl.j	[reply]
Re: A good editor for Perl sources by JavaFan (Canon) on Feb 28, 2012 at 01:13 UTC
I use `vi` (available on real Unix systems), a vi-clone of my choice (available on most platforms), or vim if I cannot avoid it (Linux boxes I haven't had the chance to install something sensible). It works for me, so I call it a good Perl/C/HTML/shell/SQL/Python/mail/news/plain text/Java/Pascal/awk/Ruby editor. But I use black on gray for all my highlighting; so, I would never have a problem with arrows.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: A good editor for Perl sources by Riales (Hermit) on Feb 28, 2012 at 01:35 UTC
Just out of curiosity, why the preference for `vi` over `vim`? I've always thought of `vim` as a more advanced version of `vi`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: A good editor for Perl sources by dHarry (Abbot) on Feb 28, 2012 at 16:17 UTC
I've been using Eclipse with the EPIC plugin on Windows (various), Linux (various) and lately Mac OSX. It has served me well over the years and behaves almost identical on all platforms (the Mac being the exception...). It has tons of features and some very useful plugins. If you don't mind spending money you might give the komodo a try. I have only played with the free trial but it looked good. Cheers Harry	[reply]
Re: A good editor for Perl sources by elTriberium (Friar) on Feb 28, 2012 at 19:11 UTC
I'm also using Komodo IDE, got a license at work for it. It's very good, however my biggest complaint is that it doesn't understand Moose code, for example autocomplete doesn't work with my Moose modules. So I disabled autocomplete completely as it doesn't make sense for me. On that note: Does anybody know a Perl IDE which understands Moose code for features like autocomplete?	[reply]
Re^2: A good editor for Perl sources by LanX (Saint) on Feb 28, 2012 at 23:10 UTC
IIRC Emacs can be configured to: J.Rockway forked cperl-mode for moose keywords and Johan Lindstr�m's perlysense supports completion. But since I'm not using Moose, you should judge yourself. Cheers Rolf UPDATEed links.	[reply]
Re^3: A good editor for Perl sources by davido (Cardinal) on Feb 28, 2012 at 23:16 UTC
Emacs.... Yes... I've heard there's a good editor for that platform. ;) Couldn't resist. Dave	[reply]
Re^4: A good editor for Perl sources by LanX (Saint) on Feb 28, 2012 at 23:22 UTC
Re^4: A good editor for Perl sources by LanX (Saint) on Feb 29, 2012 at 12:37 UTC
Re^5: A good editor for Perl sources by davido (Cardinal) on Feb 29, 2012 at 15:01 UTC
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Re^3: A good editor for Perl sources by elTriberium (Friar) on Feb 29, 2012 at 22:49 UTC
Cool, good to know that this exists, although I'm not an emacs-fan. If only somebody would do the same for Komodo or vim. Sure, I could try that myself, but I'm not yet annoyed enough to do that ;)	[reply]
Re^4: A good editor for Perl sources by LanX (Saint) on Mar 01, 2012 at 00:01 UTC

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