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Disclaimer: This applies just as much to vim, I'm just posting it here since it's a relevant thread. What makes these text editors better than an IDE? I guess I'm very "new-school" with how I program, but I wouldn't want to switch over to something that does not have autocomplete, method-lookups, auto-import and other niceties such as browsing project folders by the click of a mouse and copy-pasting code between files/projects. I get that they're more portable than an IDE, but I only have one workstation so that's not a very strong point to me. To me these text editors feel more like a cult in which members embrace an obsolete technology. I mean, haven't we since invented graphic displays and mice? Pardon my ignorance, I honestly want to know what's great about these!
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Zombywuf posted:You will also be disadvantaged if you're using a language that has terrible deficiencies that can only be overcome by tools. I mostly program in Java using Netbeans  Another question; I've never actually tried emacs, though I've dabbled in vim. Are there any good* reasons why emacs is better? As I said I mostly program in Java, though I also use Python frequently. I get from what you've said that emacs is good for Python? Also important: colorschemes. Need me some nice zenburnish colors. *For my use e: I'm one of those people who program in Java using an IDE on Windows. Should I even bother with stuff like vim and emacs? Your Computer fucked around with this message at 01:00 on Oct 2, 2011 |
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I just remembered another very relevant question to this thread; One thing that has hindered me in getting to learn these editors in the past has been keyboard layout. They seem, as many old/ancient computer technologies, very US-centric. I'm using a Norwegian keyboard which has pretty much none of the symbols in the same places as the American keyboards which makes some key combinations very awkward (such as brackets being shift-8/shift-9). Is there any way to make this more international-friendly?
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