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whats the best FOSS IDE (and why?) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I used to like MonoDevelop maybe 10 years ago, but it's not around any more. If I remember correctly, it was the only open-source IDE that supported C# and ran on Linux. That was before C# and .NET were open-source and Mono was the only way to run C# apps on Linux. Things are way different now.

The best today is obviously nano. It has syntax highlighting, auto-indentation, and at some point they made it so Ctrl+S saves the file. What more do you need? (cut and paste still use weird shortcuts though)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

micro > nano

[–] netchami 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

vim > micro > nano

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

In file size certainly, yes.

Vim's size can vary considerably based on how it's compiled. A minimal build might be a few hundred kilobytes, while a full-featured build with a GUI might be several megabytes. The CLI version is a bit smaller than micro though.

Micro is a relatively newer editor compared to Vim and Nano. Its binary, which includes all its dependencies, is larger than Nano but smaller than a fully-featured Vim. It's typically around 15-20 MB.

Nano is lightweight and typically comes pre-installed on many Linux distributions. The binary size is usually less than 1 MB.