Linux folding editor

September 21, 2005 3:44 PM

Looking for a folding editor (linux)

I have several large text files representing trees, with the indentation representing the hierarchy. There must be a folding editor out there somewhere that can recognise the indenting and let me fold/unfold the tree .. I really want to avoid reinventing the wheel.

posted by yetanother to Computers & Internet (6 answers total)

Vim supports folding based on many things, including indenting. Of course, editing in a Vi-type editor (even one with a GUI such that GVim provides), might not be your cup of tea.

A Google search seems to find some other options as well.
posted by skynxnex at 3:52 PM on September 21, 2005

once you get used to jEdit, you can use it anywhere.
of course, the same can be said of vim. I like em both.
posted by boo_radley at 4:20 PM on September 21, 2005

Emacs is a vastly superior operating system.
And can handle any text format you want to throw at it. There are a number of functions to collapse text based on various criterion.
posted by freebird at 4:25 PM on September 21, 2005

Response by poster: jEdit did the trick, without the 10 minutes of trying out different combinations of settings I needed in Vim.
Don't get me started on Emacs ...
posted by yetanother at 4:45 PM on September 21, 2005

I'd also like to recommend SciTE (scintilla text editor). Open source, works on win and linux, very nice. It replaced UltraEdit for me and I've never looked back.
posted by furtive at 6:24 PM on September 21, 2005

hideshow mode in emacs does this. If you don't know emacs be prepared for a learning curve of a few hours^h^h^h^h^h weeks.
posted by singingfish at 2:37 AM on September 22, 2005