Re: IDE

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 10/10/2015 01:34 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > "We need a common interface for refactoring tools" sounds like a good
> > problem statement.
>
> Is IDE just about refactoring?  I thought it meant much more.

The above more focused and, as such, more useful. "Comprehensive IDE 
features" is not as useful.

> > A comprehensive set of IDE features might be too lofty a goal for us, in
> > the foreseeable future.
>
> Depends on how many people will work on it.

How many people would you expect to work on it in the near future, 
realistically?

> In any case, having some
> high-level design that is targeted by all the components will ensure
> more or less seamless integration when each component becomes
> available.

From where I'm standing, this sentence is not useful. Not only you're 
asking for a big design, you don't present a justification for it, e.g. 
how it would be reflected in all components.

> Last time I looked the IDEs I sometimes look at (Visual Studio and
> Eclipse) present a much more pleasant UI for completion.  Why can't we
> present something similar?

Well, that hurts (a bit). If Company's tooltip is not pleasant, what 
would be pleasant for you?