[Ad] need a break from coding?
© copyright 10.Mar.2009 by Paul Bradley filed under Ubuntu
[Ad] need a break from coding?
After making the full migration from Windows XP to Linux earlier this month, I have been evaluating which text editor we should use on our development machines. The default Gnome editor, Gedit, is a very capable text editor, especially when you apply these 13 Gedit Plugins to make it more useful.
While I could probably get used to using Gedit an a daily basis for writing PHP code, I have over 4 years of investment in the Windows text editor EditPlus, and ultimately what make us effective as software developers is how we can leverage our chosen tools to be productive. I know all the command line short cuts for EditPlus, and this makes me very productive when developing code, plus we have extended EditPlus to give us a better PHP IDE.
So not wanting to switch from EditPlus, I decided to try and install it under Wine, the translation layer capable of running Windows applications under Linux.
On Ubuntu based Linux systems, you can install Wine from the terminal by using the following command :
sudo apt-get install wineor you can install it via the Synaptic Package Manager, which can be accessed by going to System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager. Then enter your password and click OK, and search for Wine in the list of packages.
Once Wine is set-up on your system, find the EditPlus installation EXE file in your Nautilus file manager, and right click on the file, in the context menu that appears select Open with "Wine Windows Program Loader". This will launch the EditPlus installation, and the process is just like installing it under Windows, after which a shortcut menu icon will appear on your Ubuntu desktop.
To do this you will need to find where Wine has installed EditPlus, within Nautilus go to your home folder, and press CTRL+H to show all the hidden files, and you should see a folder called /.wine/, if you drill down into this folder you will find the following tree structure :
/.wine/drive_c/program files/EditPlus3/This is where you need to copy any existing syntax files (.stx) or auto-complete files (.acp) that you may have on your Windows installation.
About the Author
Paul Bradley is a VB.NET software developer living and working in Cumbria. He provides PHP & MySQL bespoke development services via his software development company, Carlisle Software Limited.
He has over 20 years programming experience.
