On Sep 6, 9:14 am, Ali Afshar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 06 September 2007 05:22:19 Robin Dunn wrote:
>
> > <fade from dramatic music with a lit fuse running across the screen...>
>
> > Hi all,
>
> > Kevin O. and I recently discussed in IM about yet another wxPython-based
> > code editor and the subject of my Emacs use came up. I've been an Emacs
> > user for more than two decades, and it has been a love/hate relationship
> > for most of that time (I hate that I love it and I love hating it) but I
> > would like to dump it for something else, iff the RIGHT something else
> > came along. Part of our discussion centered on the fact that it is not
> > just the emacs-style key-bindings that keep me using Emacs (most of the
> > key-bindings I use are customized anyway, or I load extensions to add
> > CUA key-bindings, etc.) but it is some more fundamental features that I
> > use many times every day that keep me there.
>
> 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).
>
> http://pida.co.uk/files/screenshots/pida_0-5-1_16.png
That looks impressive!!
I am also a hardcore Emacs user. So I won't give up Emacs.
Can you give a short description about how this integration works?
The most interesting points are:
* Can I use the full power of Emacs, or do I loose some functionality?
* What does PIDA offer in additon to the Emacs functionality?
Stefan.
