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Top Forums Programming Open Source What editor does everyone use? Post 302087778 by Corona688 on Tuesday 5th of September 2006 06:00:48 PM
Old 09-05-2006
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Originally Posted by james hanley
why use syntax highlighting? If programming, then a development IDE is better, has a good debugger.
The text editors in a lot of IDE's are moronic. Being designed to edit code beyond anything else, they contain features specifically designed for certain languages and formatting styles, but more often than not, programmers end up fighting these features rather than using them. So, even when they use an IDE, a lot of programmers prefer to edit the code in something else.

Using an IDE also forces you to do things a certain way. KDevelop forces me to use automake, for instance... This is a big problem because I hate automake. It's just that bad. KDevelop and automake singlehandedly gave me the impetus to learn the art of makefiles.

Also, a lot of the time, a full IDE is overkill. Know any good IDE's for bash? Fat chance. Do any text editors have syntax highlighting for bash? Plenty!

Also, not everyone uses the same IDE. I'm not about to buy CodeWarrior for the privilege of editing someone else's source code, and want to avoid cramming my own IDE-of-choice down their throat.

Lastly, some people, for some reason, find smaller, tighter programs easier to use than all-singing-all-dancing-mash-everything-together-into-one-giant-interface monstrosities. I can't imagine why.
Last edited by Corona688; 09-05-2006 at 07:12 PM..
 

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