Re: What IDEs support autoconf-based projects ?

[John Calcote]

Hi Peter and Christophe-Marie,

On 7/16/2009 9:28 AM, Christophe-Marie Duquesne wrote:
> I wonder if there are actually a lot of programmers who used the
> autotools in IDEs and did not came back to classic text editors.
>    

In my experience, there is little need for an IDE when writing C/C++ 
programs, as the standard library is fairly small. Perhaps an IDE is 
helpful during early learning stages of these languages, but one quickly 
becomes familiar with these libraries. Additionally, C/C++ programmers 
who've reached the point of using the Autotools are probably already 
beyond the need for such intensive help with the standard library. Man 
pages usually serve well enough for basic needs here.

Since most Autotools-based projects are written in C/C++, it's unlikely 
that many programmers working on Autotools-based projects are using IDEs.

I'm sure that as gcj and other GNU tools for Java become popular, more 
Java development will be done on Autotools-based projects. When that 
happens, I foresee enhanced desire within the Java freeware community 
for a well-conceived Eclipse plugin for Autotools projects.

Just my humble opinion.

Regards,
John