I think a multitouch IDE app will need to (and will) have very good keyboard control and equivalents. And the terminal will, of course, always be keyboard centric, so EMACS and vi will live on (until their users don't).
Especially for people who still prefer their model 33 teletype.
That said, a lot of things in an IDE can be done with multitouch, e.g. GUI layout. I'm not one for "visual programming" (laying out code pieces) though, never thought that was a practical solution for anyone other than absolute beginners.
I was amused to find that the new touchpad gesture system is good enough for playing solitaire. But it's easier with the mouse because of the mouse buttons. And editing text is faster with the mouse because my mouse pad is much bigger than my touchpad and has multiple buttons.
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