NuSphere (PHPed) Editor - On linux - My experience.

I have installed and used the LINUX version of nuSphere PHP editor on my machine .

1. Firstly I got the single installable file NuSphere-phped-3.3.3evl-Linux.sh.This is one good thing for this editor that it has a single installable file.

2. When I tried to run this file I got the following error


ERROR: The installer was unable to find shared libraries which are required
in order to run PhpED.

You should have these libraries installed:
/usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2
/usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3

To get these libraries installed you may need to install the package which
contains them. It may be named as libstdc++2.10-2.96, compat-libstdc++- 7.3-2.96
or have a different name, dependent on your Linux distribution. If you will have any problems, you may consult your Linux manual or get help from
http://support.nusphere.com forums.


To overcome this error

I installed compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-132.fc4.i386.rpm which I got at

ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/4/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/compat- libstdc++-296-2.96-132.fc4.i386.rpm


Then I again tried to run installation file and it worked well.

automatically a shortcut is added to the program->development- >phpEd3.3.3 this is also one of the good thing about this editor(for zend it needs to be done manually).


the start up time for the editor is very less and it is very light weight when considered the number of features it provide.


5. I found a problem with coping and pasting text from or into the editor. I found that this bug is fixed in the latest version(according to http://support.nusphere.com/viewtopic.php?t=2704 )

6. Another problem I found is that the editor got hanged when I tried to save any file from my project. This problem is related to Fedora core 5 (according to http://support.nusphere.com/viewtopic.php?p=9036)
Today when I re-created the project workspace setup for the editor surprisingly I didn't face this problem.

7. Code help works great and is very fast.

8. A new thing I have seen is code explorer which shows all the variables, methods , classes etc. used in the script page. This is very useful feature.

9. All the features I would like for PHP editing are available and work swiftly in nuSphere. For editing HTML the basic features are available just design view is missing

10. There are several good advanced features like inbuilt FTP,Script profiler.

Overall this editor is very useful and is professional , point 5 and point 6 are the two important things to make it usable on Linux. Every thing else is just perfect.