DConf 2013 Day 3 Talk 1: Metaprogramming in the Real World by Don Clugston

[Regan Heath]

On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:34:56 +0100, Nick Sabalausky  
<SeeWebsiteToContactMe at semitwist.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:48:52 +0100
> "Regan Heath" <regan at netmail.co.nz> 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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