New User Questions (EditorSupport wiki entry)

[Bruno Medeiros]

jcc7 wrote:
> == Quote from Bruno Medeiros (brunodomedeiros+spam at com.gmail)'s article
>> Bruno Medeiros wrote:
>>> Kirk McDonald wrote:
>>>>> or is there some sort of IDE that goes with this?
>>>> There are a few IDEs which can use DMD. Here's a list of editors:
>>>> http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?EditorSupport
>>>>
>>> Hum, that page looks quite outdated, maybe it should be cleaned up
>>> a bit? (for instance start marking discontinued editors?)
>>>
>> Ok, I've updated that page: put the list under a tabled and added
>> some info about the projects I know. If anyone has more info about
>> other projects do add that as well.
>> It should be well worth to keep that entry updated, it's the single
>> most read entry in the D wiki.
> 
> Unfortunately, most abandoned projects don't have obituaries published when they
> are abandoned. Maybe it'd easier just to list "pros" and "cons". Features that
> work well are "pros". Bugs are "cons".
> 
> Or maybe we should have an "endorsed" editor (or editors) where one editor (or a
> few editors) is mentioned at the top of the page with a few reasons why it's a
> great editor. Personally, I usually use SciTE these days because it's lightweight,
> flexible, and supports many languages out of the box. (And it's support of D
> syntax includes correct handling of nested comments, too.)

Curiously, most Eclipse based projects did post obituaries :P. But 
you're right, that's not common. We should take DaringStranger idea and 
place dates on the Status column, otherwise "active" runs the risk of 
getting outdated.

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Bruno Medeiros - MSc in CS/E student
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?BrunoMedeiros#D