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What is the Ultimate Linux Development Environment?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the do-our-tools-need-improvement dept.

nachmore asks: "I've been programming on Linux for a while now, always content to use vi for my editing and any debugger tools out there (gdb for C/C++, and so forth). As part of my SoC project I was working on Thunderbird (my first huge project on Linux) and I found that , although shell-based tools can do the job, they lack in easy project management, ease of debugging and other development features. I've only ever programmed with a GUI on Windows — and I have to admit that I find Dev Studio to be one of the few programs that Microsoft seems to have gotten (nearly) right. I've played around with Eclipse but find it's C/C++ support still lacking. So what GUIs would you recommend for Linux? I would like something with debugging (single step, step through, step-to-end, etc) support, CVS access and of course, support for large projects (e.g. Mozilla) and especially good support for C/C++. Is there anything really good out there, or is vi the way to go?"

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  1. Re:Its called emacs by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

    emacs has all of these features that you are asking for:

    But hang on to vi, because you'll still need a decent text editor.

    KFG

  2. Re:You might as well ask... by WilliamSChips · · Score: 5, Funny

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  3. Question Answered by Eideewt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Interesting... when I first looked at the comments there were a few for vi and none for Emacs. Now there are many more Emacs votes.

    So I guess we've finally found out which editor is faster.

    *Disclaimer: I like Emacs, really. It's taking up 40% of my screen right now.

  4. Re:You might as well ask... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is the difference between a religion and a cult?

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