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:

• <ctrl-w> closes current tab
• <ctrl-s> saves current tab
• <ctrl-o> 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