What do you use to write Go [closed]

Answer 1

under $GOROOT/misc there are syntax highlighting files for emacs, vim, xcode and kate. Using any of these editors should do.

Answer 2

Somebody in the #go-nuts irc channel has a Go syntax file for gedit, so I would ask there if you want that.

I personally use what Rob Pike and Russ Cox use: acme. And I know Ken Thompson still uses sam.

Edit: For those interested, I have created a page to collect Go syntax highlighting files for various text editors. If you have any that is not included there let me know and I'll be happy to add it.

Answer 3

I'll see your vim and raise you one emacs.

Answer 4

Some info no-one has mentioned yet: The Go distribution comes with a program called gofmt which provides a standardized format for the language. You can run golfed Go through it and get clean output. See this example.

I am always using Emacs so I initially started thinking there would be no Go mode for Emacs and asked this question. Then a minute after I'd asked I had the notion to do find . -name "*.el" at the top of the Go source tree and was able to answer my own question. Some other people seem to have found the answer useful.