[osflash] [OT] one editor for everything (emacs)

[Martin Wood-Mitrovski]

Austin Haas wrote:
> Hank, I think you are confused about how editors can handle multiple
> languages. In emacs, when you open a java file, a java mode is loaded, which
> sets up the environment for editing java code. When you code in actionscript,
> it uses an actionscript mode. In each of these modes, everything about the
> editor is setup just like it was an editor just for that language alone,
> including everything from syntax highlighting to commands to compile your
> code.

I dont think he is confused, i think that he's trying to emphasise more than the 
standard editor features (highlighting / basic completion).

Things like refactoring, wizards (which are incredibly useful in some areas of 
development) Visual Editing like Flex / VE in Eclipse, Matisse in NetBeans, UML 
round-trip engineering etc..

Theres a whole mountain of extras that you get from the JDT in Eclipse for Java 
development that would be incredibly hard to add into Emacs / Vi etc..

Unfortunately there arent any AS editors that are anywhere near the JDT so the 
capabilities of different editors are pretty much the same.

hopefully this will change soon.