> > Yes, agreed. But with an open API for extending the system and a low > > entry cost, perhaps IDEA could become the closest thing to a > > "de facto" > > Java IDE. > > Exactly. The Open APIs are coming soon. We try to find a balance so > not that of Eclipse or Netbeans with generic core and heavy-weight > solutions by third-party vendors or of Jbuilder with useless addins and > heavy wizard-bloated core. Something inbetween, a feature-packed core > satisfying hard-core professionals and an ability to enhance it with > wizards or integrations or whatever people may come up with. > > For example our plans for the version control support have recently > changed. We will create a set of VCS APIs and will provide our > SourceSafe integration in source code as an example of how to implement > such an integration. I'm sure there will be some implementations for > other systems done by other people. It's simply not interesting for us > to make an integration with StarTeam or ClearCase. It's not that we > cannot do it or simply don't have enough resources for that. We will > provide a hosting platform for open source projects complementing IDEA.
Interesting! When will it become available? I hope you'll make docks programmable and let us create new docks too. And also a way to modify existing docks. I'm also very interested in a more flexible live template system. For example I want to be able to write a "live template function handler" in java, this way I'll be able to create new functions (just like IDEA's className() for example, but for other stuff like iterating over some specific methods or local variables in different contexts such as code or javadoc comment). Ara. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
