> PIDA 0.5 embeds Emacs into a graphical IDE, so you get the best of both > worlds. I am a Vim user myself, and won't give that up easily (it also embeds > Vim).
It looked to me that PIDA was very unix/GTK centric. I want an editor that is cross platform, looking like a native app yet functioning the same on all platforms. Not to be a wxPython zealot, but that's what I get for free with wx and scintilla. Cross platform really is the key for me. Not just usability either, but configuration as well. Ever tried getting XEmacs/*nix and XEmacs/win32 to use the same fonts? Totally different processes to get them to work, and my win32 fonts are still wonky. That's the problem with embedding a native editor as I see it -- you're still left with the cross platform differences. You could embed SciTE, I suppose, but then you're left with extending the editor in C++. Embed Emacs, and you're forced to write elisp to support a new major mode. If you're a Vim guy, maybe you're all set since you're really just dealing with a terminal widget. However, Vim is not for me. Rob
