Austin Haas wrote: > Hank, I think you are confused about how editors can handle multiple > languages. In emacs, when you open a java file, a java mode is loaded, which > sets up the environment for editing java code. When you code in actionscript, > it uses an actionscript mode. In each of these modes, everything about the > editor is setup just like it was an editor just for that language alone, > including everything from syntax highlighting to commands to compile your > code.
I dont think he is confused, i think that he's trying to emphasise more than the standard editor features (highlighting / basic completion). Things like refactoring, wizards (which are incredibly useful in some areas of development) Visual Editing like Flex / VE in Eclipse, Matisse in NetBeans, UML round-trip engineering etc.. Theres a whole mountain of extras that you get from the JDT in Eclipse for Java development that would be incredibly hard to add into Emacs / Vi etc.. Unfortunately there arent any AS editors that are anywhere near the JDT so the capabilities of different editors are pretty much the same. hopefully this will change soon. _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
