[Discuss] IDE for GNU Makefile auto-tools

[markw at mohawksoft.com (markw at mohawksoft.com)]

I'm so tired with "good enough to get the job done." I've been writing
software for mostly the same way since 1979, I would think that there
would be something easier by now.

Maybe its just the way I've learned to think. Maybe my brain won't accept
a new paradigm. Maybe using my fingers and typing "verbal" commands is
just how my brain works. Maybe I just can't accommodate a visual
methodology. Interesting thought.

Still, IDEs could be so much better.


> GitHub, who started and currently maintain Atom, have announced that
> they're sunsetting it[^1]. This is probably due to Microsoft's acquisition
> of GitHub and the runaway success of VSCode. Someone could maintain a
> fork,
> but I don't think the future looks too bright for Atom. Also, in my
> experience, Atom's performance is pretty weak (Electron).
>
> Personally, when I want something a little more graphical than neovim, I
> turn to Sublime Text. It's not free software, so I'm hesitant to recommend
> it, but it's usually good enough to get the job done.
>
> [^1]: https://github.blog/2022-06-08-sunsetting-atom/
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 11:48 AM Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I generally prefer to use ATOM https://atom.io/
>> It is highly customizable and had add ons for most languages.
>> Essentially
>> until I worked for red Hat, I was an emacs user.
>>
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>> On Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 11:25 AM <markw at mohawksoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I've been using vi (vim) and GNU make for decades. Through the years,
>> I've
>> > tried to use an IDE, but they are all so bad for this type of project.
>> > Every IDE I've used has had a very proprietary view of how it should
>> do
>> > projects. There was one on Windows years ago called CodeWright which
>> was
>> > pretty good.
>> >
>> > Before all that I used brief.
>> >
>> > Are there any IDEs that are easy to use and just a simple "drop in" to
>> the
>> > work flow?
>> >
>> > I'd like an IDE that can run make, parse the compiler output, find the
>> > errors, and open the source file at the location of the error?
>> >
>> > I looked at KDevelop, and in 5.2 it doesn't even seem to allow you to
>> edit
>> > the project build tools any more.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions, and no, Eclipse is not an option.
>> >
>> > Lastly, I know I can do a lot of this with vim, ctags, etc. but I
>> would
>> > like to use some more modern tools and maybe make life a little
>> easier.
>> >
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