Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 14:04:40 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: ellman AT xs4all DOT nl
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: IDE for windows
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On 7 Apr 1997 ellman AT xs4all DOT nl wrote:

> I personally find TextPad so useful that I haven't even tried
> RHIDE. Do many Windows users use TestPad as their DJGPP IDE?
> Perhaps it could be reccommended in the FAQ for a Windows IDE?

I really don't want to start another editor/GUI holy war here, but I
sincerely don't understand what is special about Windows to require a
Windows-specific IDE?  What's wrong with RHIDE, or Emacs (or any other
good programmer's editor)?  Why would people settle up for TextPad
(for crying out loud) when they can use much more powerful tools that
already support DJGPP in the best possible manner?  Are the scroll bar
and other GUI bells and whistles so important that they justify using
inferior tools which don't even qualify as programmer's editors?