zeroin23 wrote:

> Talking about Visual Studio Express, I have a burning noobie question. Why
> do we need a PV editor?
> 
We don't NEED it (as in mandatory ) but some people like it and some don't.
Some people like the integration and some don't.

> Wouldn't notepad++ 1368051 byte npp.4.4.bin.zip or eclipse do?
> I can do Scheme and Prolog on eclipse via plugins.
> 
Any editor will do. Heck , you could even edit a pov file in edlin (that's
for the very old people here :) )

> What is so special that it cannot be done via other editors?
Apart from the integration? Zip, zilch, nothing.

> 
> My personal opinion, I think PV editor is not as good, for example,
> 1. not able to detect file changes promptly
> 2. syntax coloring is off for unknown extension
> 3. copy pane is painful

-- 
Ger

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