On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 04:09:28PM -0600, Barry Roberts wrote: > On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 03:41:27PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > Serious question, not flame bait: what is lacking from Emacs that a > > "modern" IDE would have? I'm mildly intrigued by Eclipse, but wonder > > what it has that would be worth trading in my expertise in Emacs to > > get. > > > > I use eclipse for re-factoring and debugging. Its lack of emacs > keystroke compatibility drives me nuts, though. > > The big advantage of eclipse, IMO, is that it includes a BUNCH of > stuff out-of-the-box. To make emacs an IDE, I have to install jdee > and all its dependencies, color-theme.el, my .emacs with a bunch of > c-add-style, add-hook, and global-set-key calls, etc. The standard > mail, calendar, version control, diff/merge tools and games that are > normally available with emacs probably seemed like a lot at some > point, but discovering what's available and installing it is a major > headache for most people I've introduced to emacs.
Thanks. Having that stuff easy to intall or ready to go is nice. Last time I tried installing JDEE it was a bear, but that was a while ago. I hope it's easier now. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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