On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:34:56 +0100, Nick Sabalausky
<[email protected]> wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:48:52 +0100
"Regan Heath" <[email protected]> wrote:
I use Notepad++ now and have used TextPad in the past. But, those
are just text editors with syntax highlighting (fairly flexibly and
simply customisable highlighting BTW).
What are the basic features you would require of a development
environment, I am thinking of features which go beyond the basic
concept of a text editor, such as:
- The concept of a 'project' or some other collection of source
files which can be loaded/displayed in some fashion to make it easier
to find/select/edit individual files
- The ability to hook in 'tools' to key presses like "compile"
executing "dmd ..." or similar.
I've been using Programmer's Notepad 2 (for *all* my development for
the past few years), which is *mostly* a syntax highlighting
editor, but also has a concept of projects, configurable tools, and
"click an error to jump to it's line in the source". And I've never had
it crash or get wonky, or slowdown, or stall, or use a lot of resources,
ever.
Oh, yes, the ability to capture the compiler output and do a bit of a
parse and jump to error is another top IDE feature IMO.
R
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