Re:Unix as IDE
by mjdwitt on Wednesday February 15, 2012 @11:24AM
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Ah, so instead of having to hand-roll your own really complex regex that would limit the scope every time, VS automatically limits the scope of the renaming for you. That is pretty nice.
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It isn't about limiting scope, it's about parsing and understanding the language. A refactor can change every file in your project (for example, renaming a global variable named 'i').
And, yes, it is very nice. Eclipse comes close with Java but, last I tried Vim and Emacs refactoring plugins, they were nowhere near as good or even very discoverable/usable).
Re:Unix as IDE
by henrikschroder on Thursday February 16, 2012 @05:31AM
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No, you operate on different levels. A regex replace works on the text of your source files, a refactoring rename in Visual Studio or Eclipse works on the symbol.