On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:40:22 -0400, Bruno Medeiros
<brunodomedeiros+spam@com.gmail> wrote:
On 04/04/2011 20:19, Aleksandar Ružičić wrote:
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Steven Schveighoffer
<schvei...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:51:02 -0400, Aleksandar Ružičić
> <ruzicic.aleksan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Bruno Medeiros
>> <brunodomedeiros+spam@com.gmail> wrote:
>>>
>>> BTW, I wanna thank for this work (current and upcoming), it is
likely
>>> useful
>>> for other IDE projects as well ;)
>>>
>>
>> Ditto.
>>
>> I have started work on D language support for NetBeans (IMHO it's
MUCH
>> better editor than Eclipse) and started to write grammar for
javaCC,
>> but since there is ongoing work on ANTLR parser I'll wait for
that to
>> be done and integrate it into plugin I'm working on. :)
>
> I would absolutely love NetBeans support for D.
>
> -Steve
>
On my side I'm surprised NetBeans hasn't faded into obscurity, but I
haven't tried it for a long, long time, so this isn't really an informed
opinion.
So why is NetBeans much better editor than Eclipse? (I'm not just
looking for a discussion, I'm curious about these issues as it might be
something that can be taken into consideration for DDT development)
I don't use eclipse. I use netbeans. For me, it's installing a
additional language support vs. installing another IDE. Otherwise, I'd be
neutral on the subject.
I'm not a huge IDE guy, I just have netbeans installed because they
support PHP w/ server-side debugging. But I've gotten used to netbeans and
their editor. So I would probably feel more comfortable with a netbeans
version of D than an eclipse version.
As for "why is it better"? I have no clue, I don't use eclipse. (I
realize this wasn't addressed at me, but I thought I'd just state my
opinion or lack thereof)
Don't know if eclipse has this or not, but probably the coolest feature in
netbeans' editor is the ability to highlight a block of text and "move" it
around using the keyboard (shift-alt-arrow) and copy it using the keyboard
(shift-ctrl-arrow). I find myself trying to do this with other editors
all the time now.
My biggest pet-peeve with netbeans is when I want to change a value to a
string literal, I highlight what I want to change, then type a quote to
start typing the literal, the freaking thing instead just puts quotes
around the highlighted text (which means I now have to re-highlight the
text and press delete first). I've never once *used* this feature, but it
gets in my way all the time (anyone know how to disable that?).
-Steve
