Ruby editor?

I'm looking for a text editor to save ".rb" files, but I can't find any programs out there that are free... Most are 30 day trials.

Is ruby installer suppose to come with a text editor program?

Apologies I'm just starting to code and a bit unfamiliar with how to go about this.

Any text editor will be able to save .rb files; they're just plain text files. Also, you didn't say which OS you're on, but assuming you're on Windows, notepad++ is a good free editor.

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

it looks like you could use most any text editor. most os's have a default text editor.

if you want a ruby IDE, try redcar - http://www.redcareditor.com.

You might as well skip past all the toys and get Emacs and start on the lifelong journey of understanding it. Vim might be worth looking at too, but it's not my cup of tea.

From Zed Shaw's "Learn Python the Hard Way":

>If a programmer tells you to use vim or emacs, tell them no. These editors are for when you are a better programmer. All you need right now is an editor that lets you put text into a file. We will use gedit because it is simple and the same on all computers. Professional programmers use gedit so it's good enough for you starting out.