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> Use an IDE. Explain.

• pjmlp 9y ago
  IDEs provide graphical debuggers and colorization to show which code actually gets compiled. For example on Visual Studio, paths not taken on conditional code get grayed out.
  • oblio 9y ago
    You disappoint me pjmlp, you're not a true graybeard unless you use Vim or Emacs :o) The slightly more serious question: is there anything like this in Vim or Emacs-land? I somehow doubt it... I, for one, have never seen something like it outside of the big IDEs (Visual Studio, IntelliJ, etc.)
    • pjmlp 9y ago
      I am an ex-XEmacs user, and used vi on Xenix, DG/UX if that makes you happy. :) Always been an IDE fan since Turbo Pascal 6.0 with its Turbo Vision based IDE.
    • elbows 9y ago
      rtags for Emacs does this, as well as completion, highlighting syntax errors, and various other IDE-like features.
      • oblio 9y ago
        Got any demo for that? I couldn't find the "highlight unused code" thing...