What is the best non-SAS IDE for the SAS Language?

Question

I am working on SAS code that will run under UNIX. Ideally the IDE will have:

• intelligent code formatting (autocomplete is not necessary).
• ability to transfer code to server via SFTP/SSH/SCP.
• Ability to execute code on the server via ssh and -e
• Ability to pull the logs back down and have those formatted as well.

Thoughts?

I'm looking at MultiEdit Lite for SAS (it seems to have the functionality but actually LOOKS horrible.. so bad its distracting). Any others? Can Eclipse act as a SAS IDE?

Answer 1

If you use emacs (or XEmacs) then you could look at ESS. I haven't tested it much, but it might do what you need. See in particular here.

Answer 2

I haven't tried it yet, but it looks like using myEclipse along with the plugin SLink from anixma, will provide support for everything listed, including SSH execution of code on remote UNIX servers as well as local execution if you've got sas.exe already installed.

Answer 3

Ultraedit or EditPlus. Both have excellent FTP, project management and ties ins to version COntrol. Syntax highlighting and tool creation are also in there, plus excellent serah/rep[lace functions.