IDEs (Was: Mainstream D Programming)

[Bruce Adams]

David Brown Wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 07:31:16PM -0400, Bruce Adams wrote:
> 
> >Its also about changing IDEs. When your own your own system you can
> >usually pick whatever IDE suits you best but even in the 21st century,
> >though it sickens me I occasionally find I have to use vi. I hate vi. vi
> >is an abomination. It just happens to be the lowest common denominator
> >sometimes. 
> 
> Every single line of 'D' code I have ever written has been within vim.  In
> fact, nearly every line of code in any language I've ever written in the
> past 10 years or so has been in vim.  Before that, it was emacs, before
> that vi, and before that teco.
> 
> Modern versions of VIM do many of the things people think you need an IDE
> for.
> 
> Even this email is composed in vim.
> 
> All this really shows is that there is a lot more to what one is used to,
> and personal preference than people give credit to.
> 
> David

vim is a better vi. I'm talking vanilla vi when I say I hate it. I don't really like vim either but I appreciate the syntax highlighting. 
You did say one thing that shocked me however. You switched from emacs to vim. I would have though the switch would be the other way around. What were the motivating factors?

Regards,

Bruce.