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IDEs With VIM Text Editing Capability?

Posted by timothy on from the one-keybinding-to-rule-them-all dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I am currently looking to move from text editing with vim to a full fledged IDE with gdb integration, integrated command line, etc. Extending VIM with these capabilities is a mortal sin, so I am looking for a linux based GUI IDE. I do not want to give up the efficient text editing capabilities of VIM though. How do I have my cake and eat it too?"

3 of 193 comments (clear)

  1. At the risk of starting a flame war by dkleinsc · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Try Emacs.

    Seriously. The integration with gdb, gcc, etc is where Emacs really shines. Yes, the Control-Meta-cokebottle commands are a bit annoying, but there's worthwhile tradeoffs there.

    The first post was also quite useful. And to be fair, I like vim too.

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  2. Gvim by theinvisibleguy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Gvim is pretty good, it might still be too lean for what you are asking for, I would say it's more an intermediary step between vim and a big gui ide.

  3. Re:Why not extend vim? by Subliminalbits · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The poster probably doesn't want to have to learn keybindings for a new editor. He may even already know them but just prefers vim keybindings. What he really probably wants is the luxuries of of a full IDE without having to give up the editing flexibility and familiarity he has with vim.