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What is RDE?
RDE is a Ruby IDE
and Ruby editor on Windows. You can edit, run and debug scirpts
on it.
RDE is more light and quick than heavy
other IDEs.
Ruby is a console application. This is a weak point for Windows users, because GUI applications are popular on Windows. You can use Ruby like a GUI applications on RDE. RDE is the best tool to use and study Ruby on Windows.
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The script languages(Ruby, Perl, Python ...) are tools that enable you to make PC work. You must want to use the tools quickly on demand. Like frequent used applications in Task tray, You want to use them quickly and easily.
Mailer, WebBrowser and Editor. These are the top three applications. I put Ruby into Editor, it is RDE.
RDE cut the process and enable you to reach Ruby without feeling frustration.
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Features
You can use RDE like a favorite Editor.
- Editor is the TEditor component. Mr. Katsuhiko Honda made it. This is the most popluar component in Japanese editor applications, high quality, rich functions.
- Code coloring for popluar languages, Key Macro and others. Major functions are supported.
- This is a specail feature, you know the volume and structure of editing text on EditorView.
You can do execute ruby scripts from editor without saving files and get the result without dos console.
- Before excute them, the files has been saved automatically as a temporary files, and after execute them, the temporary files have been deleted. You do not need to name these files and select the place where put them.
- RDE get the reseult that the scripts output to the console. You do not need to run the cmd.exe and switch window for execute the scripts.
You can write scripts easily with HTML Help link, Input support features.
- Push F1 key, Ruby HTML Help was opened with selected keyword.
- Input support feature help you input the method and class names and long variable names.
You can edit the editing text with ruby on RDE.
- In another editor you write a script to process text , and run the script to process an active editor or selected text.
- You can regist the original scripts, and run them by sellecting menu, shortcut key, or mouse gesture.
You can debug the scripts on RDE.
- You can run the script with -r debug option.
- RDE display global variables, local variables.
- You can set/unset breakpoints by clicking on the row numbers.
- You can run the script step by step.
- On debugging, RDE display the last evaluated line.
- You can do what you can do with -r debug.
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