Rex Editor is a text editor featuring syntax highlighting, a tabbed interface, and a project browser view.

Rex is written entirely in Ruby and uses the Ruby-Tk library to display the interface. Jamis Buck's Syntax gem is used for syntax highlighting.

Dependencies are:

Ruby-Tk (part of the Ruby standard library) the 'syntax' gem

Current features:

Syntax highlighting for Ruby, YAML & XML files Tabbed file view File browser

Known Bugs:

Syntax croaks on lines that end with a backslash

Keyboard shortcuts & commands:

closes current tab  saves current tab  opens a file open dialog box Double-clicking on a tab toggles tab maximization

Todo:

Subversion integration, diff view Collapsible tree view Better color selection for syntax highlighting Trac integration Test on Mac & Windows