On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:05:08 +0000 Andrei Hanganu wrote: > helo group, > > i've been trying the past 2-3 years to find the most usable and nice > ide for c/c++ code writing. I've been through vim/vim + plugins/emacs > + different modes/anjuta/kdevelop/codeblocks/eclipse/netbeans ... > every single one of them has at least one drawback. > > In short words, i am looking for an ide that can do this: > - syntax highlighting > - autocomplete (on the fly, not on demand, and maybe smart? - identify > structures/classes ) > - concurrent editing of multiple files (splitting) > - tabs or buffer list > - file browser > - project manager > - symbol list/browser current editing buffer > - regex search/replace > - flexible build options that include scons, not just makefile > - code folding (with detection of blocks) > - lightweight/ergonomic interface (i dislike space being occupied by > the bar that displays the line numbers, with a padding of 10px for > example) > > i don't desire gdb or valgrind integration, but would be a + > > does anyone know the answer to this ultimate question? I keep > comparing different editors with the microsoft's visual studio, that > is not by far as powerful as emacs but it just plain and simple does > the job. They will reach a milestone when the brackets matching will > actually work, but despite small inconveniences, i find it to be very > close to what i am looking for. > kdevelop also seemed very close to what i wanted, but somehow the > fonts or the dpi make it very "crowded", i get very little space for > the code. On the other hand netbeans is a good example of how the > interface should be arranged, but java driven ide tends to stop being > able to respond in tolerable time. > > i am on the edge of despair, and i am willing to try even a commercial > solution. > Anyone had some very positive experience with a specific ide? > > thanks, > Andrei
I've heard some good things about komodo, though it's not open source and I've not used it. David
