Ask HN: What's your must-have features in IDE or text editor?

by mxsjoberg on 1/27/2024, 2:42:04 AM with 5 comments

  • by marssaxman on 1/27/2024, 5:33:57 AM

    There must be no hints, overlays, suggestions, or predictive insertion of characters as I type. Enabling these distracting features by default is not a fatal flaw, but if I have to spend more than a few minutes figuring out how to disable them, the editor is not likely to get a second chance.

  • by interbased on 1/27/2024, 4:30:20 AM

    Click a method to go directly to the definition, themes, debugger.

  • by tmtvl on 1/27/2024, 3:05:41 AM

    It must be well-documented, extensible, and have good support for Lisp. IOW, Emacs.

  • by jruohonen on 1/27/2024, 2:46:23 AM

    Emacs keybindings.

  • by wsc981 on 1/27/2024, 2:50:25 AM

    Jump to file & symbol