Re: [gentoo-user] perfect IDE

[Hung Dang <hungptit@gmail.com>]

Andrei Hanganu wrote:
> helo group,
>
> i've been trying the past 2-3 years to find the most usable and nice ide
> for c/c++ code writing. I've been through vim/vim + plugins/emacs +
> different modes/anjuta/kdevelop/codeblocks/eclipse/netbeans ... every
> single one of them has at least one drawback.
>
> In short words, i am looking for an ide that can do this:
> - syntax highlighting
> - autocomplete (on the fly, not on demand, and maybe smart? - identify
> structures/classes )
> - concurrent editing of multiple files (splitting)
> - tabs or buffer list
> - file browser
> - project manager
> - symbol list/browser current editing buffer
> - regex search/replace
> - flexible build options that include scons, not just makefile
> - code folding (with detection of blocks)
> - lightweight/ergonomic interface (i dislike space being occupied by the
> bar that displays the line numbers, with a padding of 10px for example)
>
> i don't desire gdb or valgrind integration, but would be a +
>
> does anyone know the answer to this ultimate question? I keep comparing
> different editors with the microsoft's visual studio, that is not by far
> as powerful as emacs but it just plain and simple does the job. They
> will reach a milestone when the brackets matching will actually work,
> but despite small inconveniences, i find it to be very close to what i
> am looking for.
> kdevelop also seemed very close to what i wanted, but somehow the fonts
> or the dpi make it very "crowded", i get very little space for the code.
> On the other hand netbeans is a good example of how the interface should
> be arranged, but java driven ide tends to stop being able to respond in
>  tolerable time.
>
> i am on the edge of despair, and i am willing to try even a commercial
> solution.
> Anyone had some very positive experience with a specific ide?
>
> thanks,
> Andrei
>
>   
I have a similar question long time ago. Finally, I found that Eclipse
with extension for C/C++ is a reasonable solution.

Hung