| Re: function/procedure/keyword list for use in creating an editor syntax description [message #84826 is a reply to message #84824] |
Wed, 12 June 2013 06:53   |
Fabzi
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Registered: July 2010
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Hi Andy,
On 06/12/2013 03:37 PM, AMS wrote:
> what is it about Eclipse that means I would want to use it instead?
Sure, it's a valid question.
The first argument that comes to mind is that IDL (since V7) is using
eclipse as out-of-the-box workbench. That means that (at least) a few
people are thinking about how to integrate best the IDL features into
the workbench (I hope so;-)).
Second, Eclipse is Open Source and has been developed and used for many
many other languages, so it is well known and still an active project.
It is organized in "views" and "projects" and supports SVN (usually very
easily but with IDL it is sometimes a pain :()
Third, (this is where your own habits or tastes comes into the game), it
has cool features and shortcuts. I like how fast I can navigate in the
code using CTRL+F3 for example, I like auto-completion (CTRL+Space), I
like the auto-indenting (CTRL+SHIFT+F), and many other small things.
What Eclipse doesn't have is Emacs-Style programming (not to my
knowledge, but possibly someone made something similar happen in eclipse
too)
The third point is where other people might find it faster to use
another editor... But I always wonder why, so I am asking ;-)
Cheers,
Fab
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