On 18/05/2011 10:45, Tamas Rudnai wrote:
> I do use external editors but not all the time. Only if there is a bigger
> code I need to tweak. My favourite is vim and I can edit and browse sourc=
e
> code much faster with that, that's why using that for bigger things.
>
> MPLABX is promising in a way that it is more like a modern IDE. It has ma=
ny
> features from code folding through variable / function browser to
> auto completion. In my opinion you would be better trying MPLABX beta and
> see if you like it's editor or not. If not, then start learning emacs or =
may
> I suggest vim instead (which has even more steep learning curve than emac=
s
> but then you would not regret it if you earn your money by coding).
>
> Tamas
>

Thanks. I haven't tried vim, I will have a look. I actually quite like=20
Notepad++, though I don't think it's as powerful as eMacs or vim it does=20
plenty to make life a lot easier.
I am pretty sold on the idea of using an separate editor as I use quite=20
a few IDEs with crappy ones - they mostly have an option for using an=20
external one though, so you can launch it from the IDE. On the IDEs with=20
decent editors (e.g. Visual Studio) I will probably use the built in one.



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