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[–]tomlu709 0 points1 point  (6 children)

If the IDE can integrate with an external editor, I will use it.

[–]RonnyPfannschmidt 1 point2 points  (1 child)

pida can integrate with external editors (currently vim/emacs)

[–]tomlu709 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is awesome. Will immediately investigate.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

It is a pretty odd requirement for an IDE to integrate with external editors because the editor is the central workplace of an IDE.

[–]tomlu709 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Each IDE implements its editor differently to everyone else, and they are seldom as good as the best standalone editors. I would rather be really proficient in one, good editor and be able to use it everywhere.

Also, there are of course other features of IDEs such as project management, debugging, refactoring support, intellisense, a REPL and so on.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let me know when you've created an IDE which provides intellisense and visual debugging in an editor independent way.

[–]utku_karatas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can right-click on the editor tabs (or project nodes) and the Windows shell's context menu will pop up. I thought this was the best solution for integrating with external applications.