Re:Introducing Atom-IDE
by thomastjeffery on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @05:47PM
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Configuration.
An IDE comes with its own text editor. Any Emacs user will tell you it is much more powerful to have an IDE come with your editor.
The ability to have your editor configured exactly how you want it (keybindings, fonts, etc.), and consistently use that configuration for all of your text editing is definitely appealing.
The same goes for having all the plugins you use with your editor available when doing "IDE" things (debugging, etc.).
TL;DR It just all-around makes more sense to have IDE features built into an editor instead of the other way around.
An IDE comes with its own text editor. Any Emacs user will tell you it is much more powerful to have an IDE come with your editor.
The ability to have your editor configured exactly how you want it (keybindings, fonts, etc.), and consistently use that configuration for all of your text editing is definitely appealing.
The same goes for having all the plugins you use with your editor available when doing "IDE" things (debugging, etc.).
TL;DR It just all-around makes more sense to have IDE features built into an editor instead of the other way around.