Harry Ohlsen <harryo / zip.com.au> wrote:
> The thing that would make me use an IDE would be if I didn't have to forsake 
> vim to use it.  One spends so much time typing code in, or editing existing 
> code, that the editing functionality is incredibly important.
> 
> That's why I tend to shun any kind of GUI.  Just give me vim and command line 
> tools and I'm a happy boy :-).  However, if someone provided 100% 
> compatibility with vim inside the IDE, I'd probably start using it and 
> discover I couldn't live without some of the other features it provides.

Of late, I've been wishing for better project management tools - IDEs
are handy in that they don't force you to think about file-level
structuring (no, ctags is not quite the same thing). Having several
panes is nice too (personal aesthetics, perhaps, but I've missed it in
thigs like vim and mutt). Lack of vi support has always stopped me,
though - I'd rather use vim than use an IDE, if I had to choose..
FreeRIDE is the first IDE that has made me think 'okay, this is
something I'll be willing to use despite it lacking vim keystrokes', but
if it included them I'd be a happy camper. (I agree with whoever said
that vim keystrokes include at least the more common : commands).

anyway, just my 2 fils.

martin