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> Modern IDEs are not text editors. They are heavily augmented with syntax highlighting, completion, code-folding, refactoring, squiggly red lines. How do any
by nbouscal 13y ago
> Modern IDEs are not text editors. They are heavily augmented with syntax highlighting, completion, code-folding, refactoring, squiggly red lines.
How do any of those features make something 'not a text editor'? I'm pretty sure vim is still a text editor, and my vim does all of those things, with the possible exception of refactoring (and I'm not sure I want a program doing my refactoring in the first place).
- teyc 13y agoA plane with auto-pilot may be still a plane, but the pilot's ability has been heavily augmented. Incidentally, I spoke to a guy who had been developing Java on EMACs for 12 years. He tried Eclipse a month ago and was won over. Large languages - rightly or wrongly, like Java, benefit from having tight tool integration.