IDEs (Was: Mainstream D Programming)

[Bruce Adams]

Uno Wrote:

>  > The real power of an IDE comes through being able to script it. This 
> is what made emacs such a success.
> 
> Please stop claiming vi, emacs, grep (etc) are so great. Without any 
> doubt D needs "normal" IDE. It's much easier for average user to work 
> with. Debugging, compiling and running must work out of the box (for 
> example press F5 to debug, ctrl-f5 to run, and you can see it in main 
> menu/toolbar, no need to browse editor documentation to find esc, x,y,z 
> combination ;) ). Good graphical IDE is one of the main key to make D 
> more popular

I can see this thread is running out of steam.
F5 is no more standard than esc x,y,z. Most editors let you alter the key bindings. I think even VC++ has this. Emacs of course had it all along.

Bruce.