Re: IDE

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 10/10/2015 02:03 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > The above more focused and, as such, more useful. "Comprehensive IDE
> > features" is not as useful.
>
> But it narrows the field too much, IMO.

I wonder.

From what I've seen, Emacs facilities that try to do too much, end up 
over-specializing. That limits the number of users and, consequently, 
volunteers that would want to support it further. In my view, CEDET is 
an example of that.

Another example is ECB that controls how all windows are displayed, and 
trying to do that in the fashion that many IDE users are accustomed to.

My story (and many other users' too, I'm sure) is that I've tried using 
it for a while, and in the end decided that mimicking the IDE workflow 
in that respect is not very valuable. It hasn't seen any new development 
for years.