Although its makers describe it as an "IDE, PIM and outliner," the Leo editor [1] does more than just provide a standalone development environment. Moreover, the software can work with other IDEs, such as Emacs and Vim.

The Leo editor program provides a simple interface that presents all information about a project in four areas (Figure 1). In the upper left, the outline view shows all the documents belonging to a project. To the right is the log with all the actions that occurred in Leo. The various tabs call up more functions for the log, such as a search or notifications of specific tasks. Below it are the content indicators for the files. Depending on the type of file, the lower part divides again into the overview of the file contents.

Installation

Because the Leo editor is a Python program, it doesn't necessarily need installation. That said, the directions on the homepage are not very helpful and, as the Ubuntu PPA isn't quite up to date, you may have to follow these instructions carefully to get everything working.

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